Spooky Halloween Walks

Boo! Give yourself a fright with these self-guided walks around some of the spookiest places in the UK. Whether they’re rich in local lore, rumoured to be haunted or simply eerily atmospheric natural routes, these popular local jaunts submitted by our walking community and curated by the team are guaranteed to get nerves tingling.

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Spooky Walks in London

It’s no surprise that many top Halloween walks are based here: London is spook-city. It’s one of the world's longest continually-inhabited cities, and with all that history, there‘s bound to be a few restless spirits knocking about.

Top local walks include:

Life & death in Crossbones Yard, Southwark, London
An ancient wild cemetery with a view, Nunhead, London
Tower Hamlets cemetery woods & maze, Bromley-By-Bow, London
A magic walk through Abney Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London
Machine Guns, Art & House-keeping, West Norwood Cemetery
Brockley Cemetary to Telegraph Hill, Brockley, London

Spooky Walks in the South

Jaunsters rate a ramble through the grounds of Hurst Castle in Hampshire, where as recently as 2018 a man claimed he filmed a ghostly figure on camera that dates back to Henry VIII. If you’re more in the mood for 30 minutes of reflection, why not check out the moss-covered tombs and gravestones of somewhere like Woodbury Cemetery.

Top local walks include:

Hurst Castle, Milford On Sea, Hampshire
Majestic Woodbury Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Walk back in time in Old Portsmouth, Southsea, Portsmouth
Ancient majesty in sunny Dorset, Corfe Castle, Dorset
Grand tour of beaut i ful Bembridge, Bembridge, Isle of Wight

Spooky Walks in the North

Traverse York City walls, take the 199 steps from Whitby’s old cobbled streets to the clifftop to immerse yourself in the dramatic Whitby Abbey, or look for secrets of an abandoned old mill in Ecclesall woods.

Top local walks include:

Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Tracks through ancient woodland, Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield
Rievaulx Abbey and Terraces, Rievaulx, North Yorkshire
Castle ruins in Conisbrough, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
York City Walls, York, Yorkshire
Belsay Hall, castle & gardens, Belsay, Northumberland

Spooky walks in the Midlands and East Anglia

Discover stories of murder, ghosts, leaping lovers and highwaymen with a stroll around Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire, or venture deep into a forest and uncover the secrets of a mysterious, mossy chasm in Lud’s Church.

Top local walks include:

Spooky Stoney Middleton, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire
Lud’s Church, Quarnford, Staffordshire
UFO hunting in Suffolk, Tangham, Suffolk
Ruins, nature & golden treasure, Covehithe, Suffolk
Tunnels and dales, Monsal Head, Peak District
Marriott’s Way, Norwich, Norfolk

Spooky Walks in Scotland

In Edinburgh, head to Greyfriars Kirkyard to see the Black Mausoleum (if you dare!), said to be haunted by the Mackenzie Poltergeist, or walk by Edinburgh Castle to listen out for the ghostly drumming of the Headless Drummer Stop. In the highlands, explore impressive Glen Coe – thought to be haunted by the Ghosts of Clan Macdonald.

Top local walks include:

From Old Town to the Botanic Garden, City of Edinburgh
Smoo cave & clifftop walk, Durness, Scottish Highlands
Buachaille Etive Mòr, Glencoe, Highland
Ardmore Cliff Walk, Dubh Carrig, Ardmore
Dechmont UFO Trail, Livingston, West Lothian

Spooky walks in Wales

For those looking for a scare-fest with a difference, dare you enter the cave of villainous Twm Siôn Cati? Or perhaps a stroll around the grounds of the Bishops Palace at Llawhaden, which, set within the hills, tucked away and visited by few, exudes an air of mystery and magic.

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