{"id":5966,"date":"2018-10-24T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2020-10-28T11:13:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:13:33","slug":"7-most-haunted-places-to-visit-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/7-most-haunted-places-to-visit-in-the-uk","title":{"rendered":"7 most haunted places to visit in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's October. And whether you're someone who turns all the lights off to avoid the trick-or-treaters, or turns all the lights off to binge watch Freddie Krueger movies - there's no escaping Halloween season. <\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t

Mwahahahahahah. Sorry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But if blood, guts, hangings and ghostly goings-on is a thrill of yours, we've put together the 7 most haunted places to visit in the UK - perfect for a freaky day out with your mates. <\/p> \r\n\r\n

Those of a sensitive disposition, look away now. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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  1. Borley Rectory, Essex<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\t\t
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    Known as one of the most haunted houses in the UK, Borley Rectory is the home of ghost stories that stretch over 100 years. The building itself was destroyed by an oil lamp fire in 1939, but its grounds are claimed to be haunted by a nun, looking for a monk who she fell in love with from the monastery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t

    They were both sentenced to death after attempting to elope together. The monk was sent to the gallows and the nun sealed into the walls of the nunery - ALIVE. <\/p> \r\n\r\n

    With reports of mysterious footsteps, messages appearing on the walls and aggressive poltergeist activity, Borley Rectory should be top of your road trip list this Halloween. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t

    Be careful though - the apparitions around these grounds apparently like to throw stones at prospective ghost hunters. <\/p>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t

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  2. The Ancient Ram Inn, Gloucestershire<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\r\n

    Not quite the cosy, country pub you might have in mind - The Ancient Ram Inn has featured in Most Haunted and the US series, Ghost Adventures. With a pretty gory history of witch burning, hangings in the attic and murdered children buried under the floor, you're in the right place for a stiff drink before you settle for the night. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t

    Built on ancient pagan burial ground, visitors have been known to flee their rooms in the middle of the night claiming that a demonic force had pulled them across the bed.<\/p> \r\n\t\r\n

    The 872-year-old inn definitely won't give you a good night's sleep, but it'll give you a good story to tell your mates when you're back in the comfort of your local Wetherspoons. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t

  3. Pluckley Village, Kent<\/h2>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n

    Said to be the Most Haunted Village in England (upheld by the Guiness Book of Records) the tiny, sleepy village of Pluckley, home to just 1,069 residents, isn't to be laughed at when it comes to the scream factor. <\/p> \r\n\t\r\n

    With a whopping 12 ghost sightings reported we're fighting the temptation to jump in our cars and set off on the M25 right now.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t

    Here's who you might bump into:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t

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    • The Watercress Woman - said to haunt Pinnock Bridge, where she used to sit smoking her pipe, drinking gin and selling watercress she'd gathered from the stream (it was a lucrative business). That was until she burst into flames soaked in her own gin. <\/li> \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t
    • Rubert Du Bois - The Highwayman who was murdered and pinned to a tree has been seen to stalk around his own murder scene.<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t
    • The ghost of a small, white dog outside St Nicholas Church. Sounds pretty cute to me - unless its head's hanging off or it's been possessed or something.<\/li> \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  \r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t