In the past year alone, there have been almost 30,000 searched for haunted tourist attractions according to Holidu, the search engine for holiday rentals. Here are Britain' s most popular tourist attractions that double as paranormal hotspots.
7. 7. Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh – 74k+ searches
The most famous ghost that allegedly haunts the grounds is a piper who went missing hundreds of years ago, while playing his pipes in the tunnels beneath the castle. The piper was never to be seen again - but is said to still be walking the Royal Mile to this day.
8. 8. Clumber Park, Worsop – 49k+ searches
Clumber Park is a historical country park home to the remains of a fire-damaged chapel, a four-acre walled kitchen garden - and a ghost. It is said that the grounds are haunted by the Grey Lady of Clumber Park, a woman that wears a long grey cloak.
9. 9. Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh – 40k+ searches
The UK's largest working theatre has a resident ghost named Albert, who has been lurking the corridors of the theatre since the 1950s. It was then that an officer claimed to have spoken to a man dressed in grey who identified himself as Albert, but there were no staff by that name. Sightings of the man, especially on the sixth floor, have been reported ever since.
10. 10. University of St Andrews, St Andrews – 40k+ searches
The University of St Andrews holds the unofficial title of world's most haunted university, with a 'ghostly monk’ in St Rule’s Tower in the Cathedral and the ‘white lady of St Andrews’, who is usually spotted in the autumn months.