Angry Fairies
Location: Penmaen (West Glamorgan) - Pennard Castle (ruins)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The owner of this former castle once refused the local fairies the right to dance at his wedding party. The upset little people conjured up a massive storm which then destroyed the building. The site is now home to a Gwrach-y-rhibyn.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-22
Last updated: 2004-08-22
ID: #5376
Manufacturers
Location: Pennygown, Isle of Mull (Argyll and Bute) - Unidentified earthen mound in the area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The fairies who lived within this mound would be happy to manufacture any item overnight if the correct raw materials and instructions were placed on nearby grass in the evening. Someone left a short piece of wood and requested a ship's mast be made, resulting in the fairies ceasing their helpfulness.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-04-18
Last updated: 2022-04-18
ID: #14465
Singing Fairies
Location: Pentraeth (Gwynedd) - Mynydd Llwydiarth
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Heard singing on the mountain and from the nearby lake, these fairies were very rarely seen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-07
Last updated: 2002-07-07
ID: #1661
A fairy funeral, from James Bowker's Goblin Tales of Lancashire.
Fairy Funerals
Location: Penwortham (Lancashire) - Church Avenue
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairy funeral processions were said to once have occurred here, always by the soft light of the moon. It is reportedly unlucky for mortals to gaze upon them.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-09-25
Last updated: 2025-08-02
ID: #4612
Wilkie
Location: Pierowall, Westray (Orkney) - Knoll in the area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century
Further Comments: Milk would be poured daily into a hole in this knoll, to appease the entity known as Wilkie. If anyone refused to donate their fair share, they risked clothing being stolen or their cattle dropping dead.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2017-06-17
Last updated: 2017-06-17
ID: #12526
Fairy Fair
Location: Pitminster (Somerset) - Blackdown Hill, between Pitminster and Churchinford (once known as Chestonford)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A villager riding home spotted a large fair taking place on the hill, with many people dressed in colourful clothing. He decided to investigate further, but as he rode up to the site, the fair vanished. After riding through the area, the villager turned, and was once again able to see the event behind him.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-10-19
Last updated: 2008-10-19
ID: #9050
Fairy Kingdom
Location: Pontneddfechan (Powys) - Criag-y-Coed
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This rocky outcrop is said to be the last haunt of the fairy folk in Wales.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-07
Last updated: 2002-07-07
ID: #1657
Dancing fairies
Location: Pontypool (Gwent) - Trevethin (was known as Trefethin), exact area not known
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A schoolgirl would dance with fairies under a crab apple tree, initially believing them to be other children, but eventually accepting them as fairy folk. After the novelty wore off, she gave up dancing with the fairies, but this displeased them; they dislocated her leg.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-09-06
Last updated: 2020-09-06
ID: #13918
Naked Pixies
Location: Porlock Vale (Somerset) - Meadows around area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Pixies in this neck of the woods would sit around their fires naked, and if seen by a human, the voyeur would be 'fairy led' - forced to dance and run in frenzy through woodland until sunrise.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-09
Last updated: 2002-11-09
ID: #3071
Portland, Dorset.
Mass Evacuation
Location: Portland (Dorset) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 1750s
Further Comments: When the first church bell rang across this region, all the local fairies packed their bags and fled.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-30
Last updated: 2008-08-30
ID: #8847
The Hall Knocker
Location: Poulton le Fylde (Lancashire) - Stalmine
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This entity, now dismissed and contained under a stone in the local church, would help the local farmers with the more boring tasks.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-10-06
Last updated: 2003-10-06
ID: #4644
Fairy Feast
Location: Preston (Lancashire) - Ribbleton Moor (area since urbanised), area known as Red Scar
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man travelling across the moorland came across a fairy celebration with the tiny attendees including a king and queen, servants, and a band. The fairies ignored the human observer, although when the king demanded the execution of a chef for forgetting the wine, the man spoke up and tried to grab the king; the entire party vanished, leaving only a little crushed grass.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-08-03
Last updated: 2025-08-03
ID: #16014
Funeral
Location: Pulborough (Sussex) - Park Mound, castle ruins
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A funeral procession of little people was once seen in the grounds of this ruin.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-07-06
Last updated: 2002-07-06
ID: #1646
From 'In Fairyland - A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World'.
Little People
Location: Puxley (Northamptonshire) - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It is thought the village is named after a type of fairy that once frequented the area.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-08
Last updated: 2003-01-08
ID: #3512
Fairy Cup
Location: Raasay Island (Highland) - Exact location not known
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man named Hugh joined a fairy party and stole a glittering cup. Despite being chased, Hugh escaped; the fairy cup ended up with the MacLeods on the island.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-04-18
Last updated: 2022-04-18
ID: #14463
Kelpie Bridle
Location: Rannoch (Highland) - Lochanna Cuile (location may have changed identity), near or on Rannoch Moor
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man travelling from Pitlochry to Nether Lochaber rested in this area and found a horse's bridle made of pure silver which burnt hot to the touch. A wise woman told the man the bridle belonged to a Kelpie and instructed him to hang the object in his home on a crook of rowan. The man did as instructed and was blessed with luck for the rest of his life.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2016-04-24
Last updated: 2016-04-24
ID: #12155
Eveling
Location: Ravenglass (Cumbria) - Roman ruins
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Eveling, King of the Fairies, along with his daughter Modron lived in the Roman ruins found here.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-03-02
Last updated: 2008-03-02
ID: #8285
Helpful Hob
Location: Reeth (North Yorkshire) - Sturfitt Hall (aka Sturfit Hall) (no longer standing?)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A domesticated fairy who took up residence here left when the owner insulted it by offering the creature a new set of clothing.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-01-04
Last updated: 2003-01-04
ID: #3464
Lady of the Lake
Location: Rhondda (Mid Glamorgan) - Llyn Fawr
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This beautiful woman sits on a stone on the bank of the lake, though she dives under the water if she becomes aware of anyone watching her.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-01-08
Last updated: 2005-01-08
ID: #5784
An old postcard of Llyn Cwellyn in Wales.
Entrance to Fairyland
Location: Rhyd-ddu (Gwynedd) - Llyn Cwellyn
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: There was once a way into fairyland here - one man who took it disappeared for seven years! Another story says one man waited by the hill and grabbed the first fairy who emerged, forcing the entity to marry him. A nearby lake contains a floating island, from which fairy music can be heard.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-07
Last updated: 2002-07-07
ID: #1659
Coal Discovery
Location: Rhymney (Gwent) - Valley area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The coal deposits in the valley are said to have been discovered by fairies after they killed a giant which was attacking their homes. The giant was assassinated as he slept, and the fairies set fire to his body; they realised that the ground continued to burn after their enemy's body had turned to ash.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-22
Last updated: 2004-08-22
ID: #5372
Music in the Air
Location: Risca (Gwent) - Twm Barlwm mountain
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairies are said to produce the sweet music which occasionally drifts down from the mountain at night.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-22
Last updated: 2004-08-22
ID: #5366
Peg Powler
Location: River Tees (Durham) - Waters of the river
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This water entity would pull under anyone who swam too close to her home - witnesses would only see her green hair seconds before their friends who would be pulled under the water.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2003-05-31
ID: #4254
White Horse
Location: River Wharfe (North Yorkshire) - Wharfedale's Strid
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: 01 May (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Together with a fairy, this pale horse rises from the dangerous waters once a year. It has been known to drown people who come too close.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-13
Last updated: 2003-01-13
ID: #3553
Green Teeth
Location: Rochdale (Greater Manchester) - Bodies of water around Heywood
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early nineteenth century?
Further Comments: The water entity which drowned children and the unwary in this area, named Green Teeth, Jenny Long Arms, or Grindylow, was described as having 'skinny claws' and 'secret dart'.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2025-07-14
Last updated: 2025-07-14
ID: #15977
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