Headless Horseman
Location: Stourton (Wiltshire) - Road in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 31 January (recurring)
Further Comments: This headless horseman travels with a large black hound. The man is said to have broken his neck after being thrown from his horse, trying to travel from Wincanton Market to Stourton in less than seven minutes.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9358
Horseman
Location: Stow on the Wold (Gloucestershire) - A429 Fosse Way, heading towards Warwick
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: September or October 2006, early evening
Further Comments: A driver reported glancing at her rear view mirror and seeing a horseman wearing a long black cape leap out into the road. The horseman was so close, the driver thought the rider would hit the car, but he vanished.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2009-09-12
Last updated: 2009-09-12
ID: #9670
The Foss Way heading towards Stow on the Wold.
Victorian Gentleman
Location: Stow on the Wold (Gloucestershire) - Foss Way heading towards Stow, highest point on the road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 07 December 2004
Further Comments: Dressed in Victorian clothing and wearing an old top hat, this man was seen twice in one day by a couple of friends out driving. The first time they encountered him, they narrowly avoided hitting the 'man'; while realising that there was something strange about him, they were not too sure what, until they drove back the same way a few hours later and glimpsed the figure again - this time he vanished in front of them.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-04-30
Last updated: 2005-04-30
ID: #6223
Four Figures Standing around Gallows
Location: Stratford St Mary (Suffolk) - Four Sisters Crossroads, along A12
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: As well as the mysterious four figures, an evil presence has been felt here.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-09-02
Last updated: 2000-09-02
ID: #555
Highwayman
Location: Stratton Strawless (Norfolk) - Shortthorn Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A ghostly highwayman was observed by one person at a site along this road.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2012-10-21
Last updated: 2012-10-21
ID: #11158
Sound of Firearms
Location: Streedagh (County Sligo) - Somewhere along the Sligo/Bundoran road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1930s
Further Comments: Ten years after an ambush occurred on the site, a witness returning home reported hearing gunfire and seeing misty shapes wearing peaked caps.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2005-04-14
Last updated: 2005-04-14
ID: #6192
White Light
Location: Street (Somerset) - A39, between Street and Bridgwater
Type: Other
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A white light is said to follow drivers as they pass through a wooded area of the road. The light vanishes when witnesses turn to try and see the source.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-10-09
Last updated: 2011-10-09
ID: #10594
Man Carrying Stone
Location: Strokestown (County Roscommon) - Hilly road in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: It was once not uncommon to see the ghost of a figure carrying a large mill stone along this road.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-04-12
Last updated: 2005-04-12
ID: #6096
Outline of Coach
Location: Stroud (Gloucestershire) - Road running alongside Rodborough Common, and apartments built near Rodborough Manor
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s, September 2013
Further Comments: A couple out walking in the 1970s watched in amazement as the ghostly outline of a horseless coach passed them. In 2013, a group of friends watched as an old fashioned car silently moved by. No driver could be seen and as they tried to follow, it vanished. Other witnesses have seen the phantom, and others have reported headless horsemen or of hearing galloping.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-06-07
Last updated: 2002-06-07
ID: #1107
Cyclist
Location: Stroud (Gloucestershire) - Stroud Hill Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1910s - early 1920s
Further Comments: Two men on different occasions witnessed a cyclist crash into a hedge, falling over the top of it. On examination of the crash site, the bike and rider could not be seen.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-04-27
Last updated: 2007-04-27
ID: #7312
Grey Lady with Basket
Location: Stuntney (Cambridgeshire) - A142 - near Stuntney, where the old and new roads cross
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970s onwards
Further Comments: Appearing towards dusk, the woman is believed to be the wife of Robert Cromwell, father of Oliver. Oliver's mother once lived in a long gone hall in the village.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2001-09-09
Last updated: 2001-09-09
ID: #647
Danny Grimshaw
Location: Sutton Courtenay (Oxfordshire) - Hobbyhorse Road and near the local power plant
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This ghostly figure, charging around the roads on the back of a white horse whilst waving a bloody, straight edged razor, has survived at least one exorcism attempt.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-01-04
Last updated: 2003-01-04
ID: #3460
Headless Woman
Location: SW1 (Greater London) - Cockspur Street
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1975
Further Comments: A taxi driver watched a decapitated woman cross the road in front of him, vanishing once reaching the pavement. The figure is thought to be the same entity that haunts St James's Park.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-12-24
Last updated: 2003-12-24
ID: #4826
Old Bicycle
Location: Swainsthorpe (Norfolk) - Outskirts of Swainsthorpe, along the road from Brooke
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Heard on one occasion, and seen on another, the bicycle was reported to look and sound as if it had hard iron tyres, and upon observation, was riderless.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #236
Black Dog
Location: Swindon (Wiltshire) - Road between Moredon and Haydon Wick
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The road between these two locations was once believed to be the haunt of a shuck.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9367
Car
Location: Swindon (Wiltshire) - Road between Swindon and Huntingford
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: There are several reports of a car crossing the road somewhere between these two towns, though at the point at which it crosses there is barbed wire fencing along each side.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-13
Last updated: 2002-10-13
ID: #2613
Guard Dog
Location: Swinscoe (Staffordshire) - Leek to Ashbourne road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site where three Jacobites are buried is haunted by a large black hound that ensures their graves are not disturbed.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-05-13
Last updated: 2007-05-13
ID: #7459
Crying Girl
Location: Symondsbury (Dorset) - Lane between village and Bridport
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This country lane is said to be haunted by a young crying girl. She is said to vanish if approached.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-31
Last updated: 2008-08-31
ID: #8881
Black Figure
Location: Tadcaster (North Yorkshire) - A64 eastbound towards Tadcaster from A1
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: A driver's headlights illuminated a figure in the middle of the left lane, causing the driver to brake and swerve to avoid a collision. The figure seemed stooped and faced to the left, but was strangely pitch black with no clothing or facial features - just a silhouetted shape of a figure even when the headlights hit it. The passenger in the car reported the near miss to the police, believing it to have been an actual person, although later both witnesses later realised it was not.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2025-09-21
Last updated: 2025-09-21
ID: #16094
Dark Cavalier
Location: Tadcaster (North Yorkshire) - A64 entering Tadcaster from York, grassy field to the left hand side
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: October or November 1993
Further Comments: A couple driving their young child to the babysitter were forced to brake to avoid hitting a figure dressed in dark cavalier type clothing with long knee boots as he ran across the road from the right to the left. The figure passed within two metres of the car (close enough for the witnesses to report that he looked afraid of something), and both driver and passenger could see through him. The entity continued running before pixelating and disappearing. Local radio later carried an identical story from a different witness.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-03-18
Last updated: 2008-03-18
ID: #8320
Horse
Location: Talke (Staffordshire) - Road just outside the village
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Pre 1932
Further Comments: Drivers reported hearing the sound like a hammer striking an anvil before seeing a phantom horse being led across the road, both man and beast cut off at the knees as if walking a much older track since built upon.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2024-12-23
Last updated: 2024-12-23
ID: #15765
Fragmented Soldier
Location: Tamworth (Staffordshire) - Unknown road in Fazeley area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: March 1972
Further Comments: A witness driving along the road slowed down to offer a lift to a tall man dressed in a soldier's uniform that was walking along the verge. However, the soldier appeared to shimmer and fragment like a broken reflection on water as the witness approached closer.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-15
Last updated: 2004-08-15
ID: #5316
Hitchhiker
Location: Taunton (Somerset) - A38 road near the town
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1970, 2016
Further Comments: This man dressed in a long grey coat stands by the roadside, and if an oncoming car does not stop to offer him a ride, he throws himself in front of the vehicle. Either way, he vanishes without trace, normally leaving the witness scared and confused. A white female version of the man has also been reported in the same area.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2003-02-06
Last updated: 2003-02-06
ID: #3757
Drake
Location: Tavistock (Devon) - Road between town and Plymouth
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Pulled by black headless horses, Sir Frances Drake drives a dark hearse down these roads whenever his drum is heard to beat (see Yelverton (Devon) entry).
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-01-20
Last updated: 2003-01-20
ID: #3666
Woman in White
Location: Telford (Shropshire) - Arleston Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Circa 2008
Further Comments: Travelling along the road, a driver and his passenger spotted a white glowing figure which crossed the road ahead of their car. The figure broke apart as if made from dandelion seeds. The driver said that the figure he observed was in her mid-20s, although the passenger described her as looking old and evil.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2018-02-25
Last updated: 2018-02-25
ID: #12777
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