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The following is a list of reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom. The island of Great Britain is reputedly the most haunted landmass in the world, with England as the most haunted country, reporting the densest coverage of purported ghost sightings and paranormal experiences both per person, and by geographical area. [1]
Widecombe in the Moor (/ ˌ w ɪ d ɪ k ə m ... ˈ m ʊər /) is a village and large civil parish in Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England.Its church is known as the Cathedral of the Moors on account of its tall tower and its size, relative to the small population it serves.
Chagford is a market town [a] and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles (6 km) west of Moretonhampstead. The name is derived from chag, meaning gorse or broom, and the ford suffix indicates its importance as a crossing place.
The Devil's Footprints was a phenomenon that occurred during February 1855 around the Exe Estuary in east and south Devon, England.After a heavy snowfall, trails of hoof-like marks appeared overnight in the snow covering a total distance of some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 160 km).
Babbacombe; Babeny; Badworthy; Ballhill; Bampton; Bantham Cross; Barnstaple; Beaford; Beaworthy; Beer; Beesands; Beeson; Belstone; Bere Alston; Bere Ferrers; Berry ...
Traditionally a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch. However, since 1974, any civil parish has the right to declare itself as a town. Prior to 1888, city status was given to settlements home to a cathedral of the Church of England such as Exeter ...
Combeinteignhead or Combe-in-Teignhead is a village in Teignbridge, South Devon, England.It lies within the civil parish of Haccombe with Combe, between Newton Abbot and Shaldon, about half a mile (1 km) inland from the estuary of the River Teign.
Moretonhampstead is a market town, [a] parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park.The parish now includes the hamlet of Doccombe (/ ˈ d ɒ k ə m /), and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Bridford, Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh, North Bovey and Chagford.