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Oxford's ghost stories are as old as its colleges. You can sleep in a converted prison cell inside Oxford Castle, walk the lanes on an evening ghost tour, and drink in riverside inns linked to Fair Rosamund and a drowned sailor.
Sleep in a converted prison cell inside Oxford Castle, where executions took place for centuries. A guest in Room 212 described a shadowy man by the wardrobe at 3am, and visitors report Empress Matilda in white on the castle stairs.
The ghost story: Oxford Castle held prisoners for most of its 900-year history, first as a Norman fortress and later as the county gaol and HM Prison Oxford. Executions were carried out here for centuries.
Ghost tours
Ghost walk
An evening ghost walk through the historic heart of Oxford at twilight.
Haunted pubs
A thatched riverside pub at Binsey said to be haunted by a sailor in naval uniform. A landlord told the Oxford Mail in 2011 about strange experiences there.
A 400-year-old pub opposite the Bodleian that says it has a resident ghost. The story goes that two unseen old men can be heard arguing in Ancient Greek in one of the bars.
A hidden pub down an alley off Holywell Street, built against the old city wall, which says it has a resident ghost called Rosie.
Malmaison Oxford tops our list of haunted hotels in Oxford. Sleep in a converted prison cell inside Oxford Castle, where executions took place for centuries. A guest in Room 212 described a shadowy man by the wardrobe at 3am, and visitors report Empress Matilda in white on the castle stairs.
Yes, we list 1 ghost tour in Oxford.
None of the haunted pubs we list in Oxford lets rooms, but there are haunted hotels nearby.