6 of the most haunted spots in Nottingham from ghost trains to phantom pubs

While scary movies, pumpkin carving, and corn mazes are a great way to get into the Halloween spirit, sometimes a bit of real life horror can be even more effective.

Nottingham is home to several haunted hotspots, with ghost sightings in abundance across the county.

Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall is a stunning Elizabethan mansion surrounded by beautiful parks which are perfect for picnics, however the hall has a dark side.

The hall is home to a whole host of ghostly figures, including Lady Middleton, who lived in Wollaton after she was paralysed in a fall.

Lady Middleton haunts the back of the building, particularly room 19, and visitors have reported feeling like they are being watched, hearing distant screams, and even being grabbed by icy hands.

The National Justice Museum

It is no surprise that the National Justice Museum is one of the most haunted buildings in Nottingham given its history of hangings and executions. It has even been voted the ‘most haunted building’ in the UK.

The Galleries of Justice are supposedly haunted by the spirits of the criminals who were put on trial and executed in the building.

Visitors have reported hearing ghostly screams, slamming doors, and unexplained knocking as they have followed in the footsteps of the prisoners who met their end in the county gaol.

Poltergeist activity is also common, with some visitors being hit with small stones.

Rolleston Station

Reports of haunted train stations are nothing unusual in the UK, however Rolleston Station is one of the most ghostly of them all, earning itself the title of being the most haunted station in Nottinghamshire.

A lorry driver who was killed at a nearby junction has reportedly been spotted at the station. Other people have reported seeing the ghost of a man reading a newspaper on the platform.

Reports of steam train noises coming from a disused section of the railway, complete with the smell of steam and coal are also common.

Clifton Hall

Clifton Hall made the papers in 2008 after millionaire businessman Anwar Rashid fled his home because of overwhelming amounts of paranormal activity.

Mr Rashid purchased the 52-room hall for £3.6 million in 2007 as a family home, however felt terrorised in the building since their first night in the home.

The family reported hearing knocking in the walls, a ghostly voice asking “is anyone there?” and ghostly apparitions.

After discovering unexplained blood-spots on his young sons clothes, the family packed up and left the building for good.

Stonebridge Road

Stonebridge Road in Nottingham has been the location of plenty of strange phenomena over the years.

Phantom sounds are common, ranging from a factory siren from a building which no longer exists being heard by multiple people, to women screaming early in the morning.

There have also been visual sightings of a phantom man, though no one has described what he looks like, nor knows who he may be.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

A historic Nottingham treasure, the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem pub was built in 1189 and has a past full of mysterious deaths and curses.

A ‘cursed galleon’ resides in the lounge upstairs, and anyone who has tried cleaning the small wooden ship has met a mysterious and untimely death quickly after.

The pub is also home to a haunted antique chair which is said to increase the chances that any woman who sits on it will become pregnant.