Great Spooky Locales To See In London

Tourists to Britain out for a grand time might consider getting themselves a cheap hotels London style, then exploring the numerous haunted placed to visit in Central London. This is an ancient city with some very old buildings. Further, it is a city that was from time to time ruled by tyrannical, bloodthirsty kings who executed a great many fine people. Put all that together, and the result is an exceptional city for ghost hauntings.

There's no better place to begin than London Tower, which is by legend more haunted than any other place in England. The Tower isn't actually a single structure but three. By name, they are the Wakefield, the Salt, and above all, the Bloody Tower.

King Henry VI was slaughtered one midnight in 1471 at Wakefield Tower while in prayer. The murderer, it is said, was none other than King Richard III. It is also said that Henry haunts the tower each year at midnight on the date of his murder.

Salt Tower is where Henry VIII imprisoned a group of Jesuit priests and had them tortured repeatedly so they would would inform on other Catholics during those days of the Reformation. The most famous of their number, Walpole, made inscriptions in the walls that can still be read today. Visitors have reported many strange phenomenas here, including disembodied whispers, orbs of light, and sudden coldness. Lady Jane Grey, one of Henry VIII's many executed wives, is also seen there, as a white, semi-transparent image.

Two more wives of Henry VIII, Catherine Howard and Anne Boleyn, are said to haunt the Bloody Tower. Then there is the shrieking shade of the Countess, Margaret Pole, who at 72 momentarily escaped the ax-man at her execution and was chopped to pieces as she fled. Richard III also contributed to the Bloody Tower's reputation by murdering two of his young nephews. The little boys haunt the place to this day.

Elsewhere, the Bank of England is visited by the ghost of Sarah Whitehead, who mourns the execution of her brother for knowingly accepting a forgery. That's how things were done in the early 19th Century. That the Bank was built upon over a graveyard probably facilitates these matters.

Then there is King Charles II's mistress, Nell Gwynne, who haunts the Gargoyle Club. Charles'' executioners, Misters Cromwell, Ireton and Bradshaw, were not execute themselves, but were exhumed and desecrated by having their rotting remains displayed all over England. They haunt Red Lion Square, which they stroll while engaged in discussion.

There are such locations all over the city, and indeed, across the country. Of course, there is the question of whether you even believe in spirits that walk the night. Perhaps you are not convinced. The best thing to do would be to see for yourself and decide what you believe about ghost hauntings. It would almost certainly be among the least expensive city tours one could engage. Once you find a hotel kings cross for yourself, make your own list of haunted placed to visit in Central London.

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