Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Fleetwood (Lancashire) - Rossall School
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This pallid woman is reported to traverse the school grounds once a year.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-08-30
Last updated: 2003-08-30
ID: #4540
Location: Fleetwood (Lancashire) - Unidentified House
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: August 1946
Further Comments: Footsteps were heard walking around empty parts of the building, cupboards opened, crockery rattled, and one woman had her hair tugged as she climbed down to the cellar. The two sisters who lived in the house called the local spiritual church who dispatched the entity.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2023-10-15
Last updated: 2023-10-15
ID: #15117
Location: Fleetwood (Lancashire) - Unnamed road in the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: Travelling with her husband and a chauffeur, Therese watched a nurse run in front of her car. The woman in grey was knocked down, and when all three people jumped out of the car to help her, she had vanished. Therese saw the ghostly woman several more times after that event, in different places. Seeking help, Therese met a spiritualist who recommended that she return a recently purchased second-hand writing desk as it belonged to a nurse who committed suicide after murdering a patient; after that, the apparition departed.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-09-02
Last updated: 2007-09-02
ID: #7923
Location: Formby (Lancashire) - A565, between the town and Ince Blundell
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This stretch of road is reportedly haunted by a woman in a green coat, who has been observed by motorists.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-09-07
Last updated: 2003-09-07
ID: #4567
Location: Formby (Lancashire) - Coastline
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 31 October 1962
Further Comments: Locally known as 'Old Trash', this black dog bounds along the dunes leaving no prints or marks in the soft sand. He was last seen by two journalists and a photographer, though it is unclear whether an image was caught of the entity.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-09-12
Last updated: 2002-09-12
ID: #2416
Location: Formby (Lancashire) - Tower Grange
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This monk in a black habit reportedly haunts the main bedroom.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-09-26
Last updated: 2003-09-26
ID: #4614
Location: Foulridge (Lancashire) - Area around Lake Burwain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The area around the lake is reportedly home to boggarts and hobs. There are also stories of ghostly Roundheads moving around the area, some on horseback and others wearily walking holding pikes.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-10-26
Last updated: 2003-10-26
ID: #4723
Location: Foulridge (Lancashire) - The New Inn, Skipton Old Road
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Two boys staying in one of the bedrooms here reported a glowing crucifix which appeared on the ceiling. More recently, claims have been made that phantom Quakers haunt the building.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-08-27
Last updated: 2002-08-27
ID: #2354
Location: Freckleton (Lancashire) - Road leading to Kirkham
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered along the road, this decapitated woman drifts along the area where she died.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-08-30
Last updated: 2003-08-30
ID: #4551
Location: Galgate (Lancashire) - Green Lane, near the war memorial
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Once a year (reoccurring, but exact date unknown)
Further Comments: A maid was once found murdered along the road, her body partially covered by a layer of snow. Once a year the spot is snow covered, even if the rest of the area is baron.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-26
Last updated: 2003-10-26
ID: #4733
A skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow, from an engraving circa 1757.
Location: Garstang (Lancashire) - Bridge and lanes around the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Murdered on the bridge, this ghoul now extracts revenge by standing by the roadside with a hood covering her face - when approached, she reveals the white skull that is now her face. She was said to have chased a postman, only ceasing the pursuit when he ran past a churchyard and she disappeared within.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-10-26
Last updated: 2003-10-26
ID: #4734
Location: Garstang (Lancashire) - Nateby Hall (no longer standing)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: The room above the kitchen area was said to be haunted, but little information is available to identify the entity further.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-10-04
Last updated: 2003-10-04
ID: #4626
Location: Glazebury (Lancashire) - Speakman House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard descending a staircase which had been removed many years prior, the footfalls belong to person or persons unknown.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-10-04
Last updated: 2003-10-04
ID: #4628
Location: Godley (Lancashire) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The size of a cow, this large dog was mistaken for an escaped lion until it vanished into thin air.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-08-25
Last updated: 2003-08-25
ID: #4503
Location: Goosnargh (Lancashire) - Chingle Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Often (if previous owners are to be believed)
Further Comments: Haunting the priest room, Lady Eleanor is one of several ghosts reported to haunt this building. The others include priests and monks, St John Wall, blue & white lightning... In total, 16 different ghosts have been listed in the various volumes written about this building. A reasonable summary of these is given in Sally Wallbank's 'Chingle: Britain's Most Haunted House'.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-25
Last updated: 2002-06-25
ID: #1461
Location: Goosnargh (Lancashire) - General area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard at night, the witness reported the sounds of fairies and pixies playing in the summer night.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-09-25
Last updated: 2003-09-25
ID: #4610
Location: Goosnargh (Lancashire) - Hill Chapel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Mid twentieth century
Further Comments: The living room was haunted by a monk who entered through one door and vanished through another - one priest tried to talk to the spook but was ignored.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-09-25
Last updated: 2003-09-25
ID: #4613
Location: Goosnargh (Lancashire) - Horns Lane
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 15 November 2007
Further Comments: Several people have reported seeing a phantom woman wearing a long black cloak standing in the middle of the road. Cars have skidded to a halt, only to find the figure has vanished.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-12-02
Last updated: 2007-12-02
ID: #8078
Location: Goosnargh (Lancashire) - Whittingham Hospital
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: As the building next door is allegedly the UK's most haunted, it only stands to reason that some of the shades would migrate to this hospital, though no one appears to know for sure which ones have.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2003-05-31
ID: #4268
Location: Grasscroft (Lancashire) - Farrars Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: This public house is home to a male spook that haunts the woman's bathroom area. The upper part of the building is said to be haunted by a maid who died on site.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-04-19
Last updated: 2009-04-19
ID: #9286
Location: Great Eccleston (Lancashire) - Cross House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pale woman was seen several times in the house.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-08-30
Last updated: 2003-08-30
ID: #4541
Location: Great Harwood (Lancashire) - Council house along Burns Way
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: October 1957
Further Comments: Five shadowy figures, each ninety centimetres tall, were seen emerging from a fireplace and crossing a bedroom until they reached another dark figure wearing a crown sitting in a chair. Each of the five shadows offered a gift to the seated figure before they turned and walked back to the fireplace.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-06-10
Last updated: 2007-06-10
ID: #7587
Location: Greenfield (Lancashire) - Landing jetty at old paper mill
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: July 1967
Further Comments: The white figure holding his arms by his side was watched by two workers at the mill for several minutes. As they approached, the figure vanished. The ghost stood on the spot where a young electrician died a few years previous.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-03-19
Last updated: 2005-03-19
ID: #5946
Location: Greenfield (Lancashire) - Pots and Pans Stone
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century?
Further Comments: Raura Peens, the last fairy of the area, may have appeared to a local man at these stones during the nineteenth century. The fairy tried to lure the witness to her realm (or at least a cave under the area) but failed. Another story said the stones were once home to a giant named Heywood.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-07-14
Last updated: 2025-07-14
ID: #15975
Location: Grimsargh (Lancashire) - Cow Hill
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A giant cow would provide milk to all in the neighbourhood until tricked into passing milk into a sieve. The result was the death of the cow, and it was buried under what is now Cow Hill.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-04-27
Last updated: 2020-04-27
ID: #13713