Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Denbigh (Clwyd) - Field by Lanelwyd House (likely to be no longer standing)
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Summer, 1757
Further Comments: Four witnesses came across a group of fifteen or sixteen strange dancers in this field. Dressed in red, the dancers waved red handkerchiefs.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2017-05-22
Last updated: 2017-05-22
ID: #12485
An old woodcut of a skeleton standing above a man, waving a staff.
Location: Denbigh Moors (Clwyd) - Plas Pren, ruins opposite the Sportsman's Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Bones glowing brightly in the dark, this bony figure walks around the area of a ruined hunting lodge.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-03-01
Last updated: 2005-03-01
ID: #5905
Location: Flint (Clwyd) - Cornist Park
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The park is reportedly haunted by the tragic wraith of a woman searching for her lost engagement ring. Her father disapproved of her suitor and threw the ring into the park. The lady died before it was found and continues the search to this day.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-05-31
Last updated: 2004-05-31
ID: #5170
Location: Greenfield (Clwyd) - Road connecting Meliden and Greenfield, just into Greenfield
Type: Unknown Ghost Type
Date / Time: 1961
Further Comments: A male driver reported while returning from dropping his girlfriend home, he glanced at the passenger seat of his car and found an old man sitting in the seat, wearing a cap and holding a walking cane. The witness braked sharply, jumped out of the car, and ran partly down the road. Once he recovered from the shock a few minutes later, he returned to the car and found the old man had gone.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-08-13
Last updated: 2004-08-13
ID: #5300
Location: Greenfield (Clwyd) - Sun Dawn Interiors, Coast Road
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: A picture taken just after Dawn Thompson took the building lease is said to contain the image of a woman in Victorian attire. The shop is also reported to be haunted by a young child who died on the site. Both entities are reported to be friendly.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-01-04
Last updated: 2009-01-04
ID: #9102
Location: Gresford (Clwyd) - Little Acton Hill (now Bluebell Lane), between Gresford and Wrexham
Type: Post-Mortem Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century
Further Comments: Two men walking along this dark road at night were scared by an approaching figure dressed in white. As it came ever closer, the men were relieved to recognise it as the wife of one of the men. However, the figure suddenly vanished - the two Welshmen rushed back to the house of the woman, only to find her dead.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2004-05-31
Last updated: 2004-05-31
ID: #5164
Location: Gresford (Clwyd) - Pant-yr-Ochain Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A ghostly figure is reported to have been observed darting up the staircase. Voices have also been heard in empty parts of the inn.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2016-12-17
Last updated: 2022-04-04
ID: #12321
Location: Gwaenysgor (Clwyd) - Farm in the area
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1887
Further Comments: A ghostly dog took up residence in this farm, lying quietly until touched, when the creature would vanish and mysterious bells would be heard to ring.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-02-17
Last updated: 2022-02-17
ID: #14427
Location: Halkyn Mountain (Clwyd) - Exact location not known
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1982
Further Comments: An alien contactee claimed to have witnessed a UFO landing on the mountain, where the craft left imprints. The witness was later contacted by a strange being with short curly hair who wore a blue jumpsuit.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2008-02-26
Last updated: 2008-02-26
ID: #8229
Location: Halkyn Mountain (Clwyd) - Ffagnallt Hall Farm (aka Ffagnalt Hall)
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The skull of Dafydd, a Welsh prince, can be found here. The last time it was removed from the building, the person responsible was plagued by shadowy figures and screams - these stopped once the skull was returned.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-15
Last updated: 2026-10-19
ID: #1237
Location: Halkyn Mountain (Clwyd) - Off the A55 road, heading towards Halkyn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghostly figure that sometimes makes his presence known is thought to have been murdered while delivering wages to the silver miners who worked here.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2008-02-26
Last updated: 2008-02-26
ID: #8230
Location: Hawarden (Clwyd) - Glynne Arms public house
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: A woman is reported to haunt the site, though she is smelt and heard but never seen. Perfume has been detected though the source remained elusive, and footfalls barely heard also went untraced.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-12-04
Last updated: 2002-12-04
ID: #3245
Location: Henllan (Clwyd) - Llindir Inn
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Legend has it that Sylvia would sleep around behind her husband's back when he was away at sea. One night he returned early, found his wife and another man in a compromising position, and murdered them both. Sylvia's ghost is now said to lurk around the inn.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2005-01-09
Last updated: 2005-01-09
ID: #5812
Location: Henllan (Clwyd) - Road close to Caerau
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Early eighteenth century
Further Comments: A dip in the road would ring whenever a cart moved across it. Two men excavated the spot and discovered a secret doorway. They decided to stop for dinner, but as they left the spot, a storm blew up and filled the hole.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2021-05-18
Last updated: 2021-05-18
ID: #14167
Location: Holt (Clwyd) - Bridge over the Dee
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two young lads were thrown into the icy water beneath the bridge by their trustees, to prevent the children from inheriting a large amount of money and land. Their pitiful yelps can be heard coming from the river at night.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-05-31
Last updated: 2004-05-31
ID: #5165
Location: Holt (Clwyd) - Holt Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Shadowy figures are said to walk the grounds of the castle, though the myth appears to be recent and witnesses are not forthcoming.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2004-05-31
Last updated: 2004-05-31
ID: #12230
A white-faced witch meeting a black-faced witch with a great beast. Woodcut, 1720.
Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - Basingwerk Abbey, and forests of Longdendale
Type: Werewolf
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A witch who could change into a wolf was unable to return to human form after the Abbot of Basingwerk asked heaven to stop the witch from killing innocents. The witch/wolf ran into King Henry II's hunting party and after a vicious fight, the party slayed the creature.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-08-21
Last updated: 2007-08-21
ID: #11970
Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - Basingwerk Abbey, Greenfield
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A monk, held in a trance for several hundred years, was released and appeared back at the ruined abbey. He was confused and asked the people there where his friends had gone. Feeling sorrow for the monk, one person offered him a meal - as soon as the monk's fingers touched the food, the monk turned to dust.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2007-08-21
Last updated: 2007-08-21
ID: #7797
Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - St Winefride's Well (aka well of St Winifred)
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Still present
Further Comments: This well sprung up where St Winefride's severed head hit the ground after she was decapitated by an angry local. Luckily, St Beuno was passing by; he picked the head up off the ground and stuck it back on Winefride's shoulders. She soon recovered.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-04-19
Last updated: 2003-04-19
ID: #4141
Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - Talaacre Arms public house
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Beer glasses have been known to fill themselves, and a mischievous spirit appears to be able to illuminate lamps and light bulbs when not plugged into the mains. It is unclear whether the pub saves on electricity bills.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-11-12
Last updated: 2002-11-12
ID: #3132
Location: Llanddoged (Clwyd) - Maenan Hall
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown, but circa nineteenth century
Further Comments: This hall was once said to have a haunted room to which the door was kept permanently locked. The haunting started after Sir Thomas Kyffin struck a boy who died of the injury - the boy's body was hidden down a well.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2019-05-01
Last updated: 2019-05-01
ID: #13186
Location: Llandegla (Clwyd) - River Alyn and rectory
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth century (or prior to)
Further Comments: Not much is known about this entity which was banished from the rectory by a man named Griffiths and buried in a box under a rock by the river.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2015-08-02
Last updated: 2015-08-02
ID: #11880
Location: Llandegla (Clwyd) - St Tecla's Well
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Well still present
Further Comments: This well was said to cure epilepsy by washing in its waters after sunset, making an offering of fourpence, walking around the well while reciting the Lord's Prayer, and then sleeping under the altar using a bible for a pillow (all while holding a cockerel if a man, or a hen if a woman).
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2015-08-02
Last updated: 2015-08-02
ID: #11879
Location: Llandrillo (Clwyd) - Cader Bronwen hill, east of village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 23 January 1974
Further Comments: A loud crashing sound was heard by many locals, coming from the nearby hill. They thought it was a light aircraft or military training jet. However, RAF personnel reported finding nothing, though they kept the area closed to the public for several days afterwards. Some now report that a small alien craft crashed there, with the wreckage recovered by the government.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2003-02-06
Last updated: 2026-10-19
ID: #3764
Location: Llandrillo-yn-Rhos (Rhos-on-Sea) (Clwyd) - Church
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Maelgwn Gwynedd was said to have died after looking through the keyhole of the church door and spotting the beast known as Fad Felen. The monster was said to have emerged from the saltwater marsh and have gold-like eyes, teeth and hair.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2020-11-10
Last updated: 2020-11-10
ID: #13995