Reported
The Grenadier
A tiny Belgravia mews pub said to be haunted by a young soldier beaten to death for cheating at cards. Visitors pin banknotes to the ceiling to settle his debt.
- 18 Wilton Row, Belgravia
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Haunted Pubs in London
London's haunted pubs range from a Belgravia mews pub with banknotes on the ceiling to a gin palace opposite the Old Bailey and the Spitalfields pub at the heart of the Jack the Ripper story.
Documented
The Viaduct Tavern
A Victorian gin palace opposite the Old Bailey, with dated reports of poltergeist activity in its cellar, where some say old prison cells survive.
- 126 Newgate Street
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Reported
The Ten Bells
The Spitalfields pub linked with the Jack the Ripper murders. Staff have reported feeling the presence of Annie Chapman, said to have drunk here, and of a Victorian landlord.
- 84 Commercial Street, Spitalfields
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Legend
The Spaniards Inn
A historic inn on the edge of Hampstead Heath that calls itself one of London's most haunted pubs, with the highwayman Dick Turpin as its best-known ghost.
- Spaniards Road, Hampstead
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Legend
The Flask
An old Highgate village pub near Highgate Cemetery whose best-known ghost is a barmaid said to have hanged herself in the cellar.
- 77 Highgate West Hill, Highgate
- Food
Where they are
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Stay in a haunted hotel in London
Featured Haunt
The Langham
London
4.7(Combined)
London's first grand hotel, opened in 1865 opposite what is now BBC Broadcasting House, and often called the capital's most haunted hotel. Room 333 is the centre of the legend, with a Victorian ghost said to appear there in October.
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The Cadogan
London
The Chelsea hotel where Oscar Wilde was arrested in 1895, built around the former home of the actress Lillie Langtry. Langtry's ghost is said to wander the rooms that were once her house, especially around Christmas.
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The Savoy
London
London's most famous luxury hotel, opened on the Strand in 1889. A little girl is said to haunt its lifts and Room 502 on the fifth floor, and the 1923 shooting of Ali Fahmy in one of its suites remains one of the capital's most notorious crimes.
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St Pancras Renaissance Hotel
London
The Gothic Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras, abandoned for decades and nearly demolished before its rescue. Ghost guides describe a lady in Victorian dress, a young girl and a former guest at the foot of the bed in Room 506.
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Unverified
Hazlitt's
London
A Georgian townhouse hotel in Soho where the essayist William Hazlitt died in 1830. His ghost is said to sit reading in the library and to move things in the dining room.
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Unverified
Brown's Hotel
London
London's oldest hotel, opened in Mayfair in 1837 by Lord Byron's former valet. A maid who fell from a window is said to haunt the corridors, and guests describe the sound of a typewriter linked to Rudyard Kipling.
Check pricesLondon haunted pubs: FAQs
What is the most haunted pub in London?
The Grenadier is one of the best known. A tiny Belgravia mews pub said to be haunted by a young soldier beaten to death for cheating at cards. Visitors pin banknotes to the ceiling to settle his debt.
Can you stay overnight in a haunted pub in London?
None of the pubs listed here lets rooms, but there are haunted hotels in London listed below.