Haunted rooms
Some hotels have one room where the stories gather. These are the specific rooms named in each hotel’s ghost stories and guest accounts, from Room 333 at the Langham to Fanny Price’s room at the Skirrid, with what’s reported there and how to request it.
Room 333
The Langham LondonFeatured Haunt
The centre of the Langham's legend: a Victorian gentleman in evening dress, said to appear mainly in October. BBC announcer James Alexander Gordon reported seeing him in 1973.
How to get it: Ask for Room 333 when you book; October is the month it's most requested.
Room 502
The Savoy LondonVerified Haunt
A little girl said to have died in the building is reported in the fifth-floor corridor and in Room 502, and is blamed for a lift that seems to move on its own.
How to get it: Request Room 502, or failing that a room on the fifth floor.
Room 333
The Royal Horseguards LondonUnverified
Legend says a young woman forbidden to marry the soldier she loved took her own life here, and has been seen in the room and corridors since. It's a legend rather than a recorded event.
How to get it: Ask for Room 333 at booking.
Lillie Langtry's rooms and Room 118
The Cadogan LondonVerified Haunt
The actress Lillie Langtry's house is now part of the hotel, and her ghost is said to appear in her old rooms (Room 109 in some accounts), especially around Christmas. Room 118 is where Oscar Wilde was arrested in 1895.
How to get it: Room 118 is part of a bookable suite; ask the hotel about it directly.
Room 506
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel LondonUnverified
Ghost guides describe a former guest seen at the foot of the bed in Room 506 of the Gothic former Midland Grand Hotel.
How to get it: Request Room 506 when booking.
Kipling's former suite
Brown's Hotel LondonUnverified
Rudyard Kipling was a regular guest, and the sound of a typewriter is said to come from rooms he used.
How to get it: Ask the hotel which rooms Kipling used.
Room 36
Dean Court YorkVerified Haunt
An attic room facing York Minster, called one of the most haunted rooms in the city. Guests report pressure on their chests and slamming doors, and one man said he was pulled out of bed by his feet.
How to get it: Ask for Room 36 on the top floor.
St Catherine's Room and the Minster Suite
The Golden Fleece YorkFeatured Haunt
The inn has only four rooms. Guests most often report activity in St Catherine's Room, whose en-suite was hidden off the building plans for 200 years, and in the Minster Suite, which looks over the Shambles to the Minster.
How to get it: With so few rooms, book early and ask for one of these two.
Room 212
Malmaison Oxford OxfordFeatured Haunt
A converted cell just off A Wing of the old prison. In 2016 a guest who had never believed in ghosts described waking at about 3am to a dark figure by the wardrobe.
How to get it: Request Room 212 when booking.
The third floor
Adelphi Hotel LiverpoolFeatured Haunt
Guests and staff describe unsettling activity on the third floor, the part of the hotel most often named in its ghost stories.
How to get it: Ask for a room on the third floor.
The Queen Elizabeth Suite
Maids Head Hotel NorwichVerified Haunt
Named after the tradition that Elizabeth I slept here, the suite is one of the parts of this rambling Tudor inn where guests report activity, along with the corridors and the courtyard.
How to get it: Ask for the Queen Elizabeth Suite or one of the historic feature rooms.
Room 12
The Scole Inn ScoleVerified Haunt
The 17th-century coaching inn reports figures, ghostly children and objects moving on their own, and says guests looking for an eventful night should ask for Room 12.
How to get it: The inn itself suggests asking for Room 12.
Room 28
Schooner Hotel AlnwickVerified Haunt
Said to be the scene of a family's murder centuries ago. Guests and staff report children crying and a woman screaming, and Derek Acorah was drawn to the room when Most Haunted filmed here in 2003.
How to get it: Ask for Room 28; rooms 29 and 30 are also mentioned.
Room 214
The Station Aparthotel DudleyVerified Haunt
The most talked-about room in the hotel, linked to a chambermaid seen as a lady in white. Guests describe bedclothes being pulled off and a figure by the window.
How to get it: Request Room 214; rooms 215 and 217 are also said to be active.
Room 7 and the suite
Parliament House Hotel EdinburghUnverified
The rooms most often named in reports, both overlooking the Old Calton Burial Ground at the foot of Calton Hill.
How to get it: Ask for Room 7 or the suite.
The Red Room
Borthwick Castle GorebridgeVerified Haunt
In the 15th-century tower castle where Mary Queen of Scots took refuge, the Red Room is said to be inhabited by the spirits of a murdered mother and child.
How to get it: Ask the castle about staying in the Red Room.
Room 3
Skirrid Mountain Inn AbergavennyFeatured Haunt
Known as Fanny Price's room, after an 18th-century servant who died of consumption. She is said to appear with the smell of lavender; one guest claimed her head was held under the bath water.
How to get it: There are only a few rooms: ask for Room 3 and book early.
The Lily Langtry Suite (Room 204)
Ruthin Castle Hotel RuthinVerified Haunt
Considered the most haunted room in this medieval castle hotel, which Most Haunted investigated in 2018.
How to get it: Ask for the Lily Langtry Suite, Room 204.
Usually you can request one when you book, or by contacting the hotel afterwards, but it is rarely guaranteed. Booking directly with the hotel, or calling after an online booking, gives you the best chance.
As early as you can, especially for October and Halloween, and at small inns with only a handful of rooms. A rate with free cancellation lets you secure a room now and change plans later.
There is no guarantee. These rooms are the ones most often named in guest accounts and ghost stories; our evidence tiers explain how much supporting information there is for each hotel.
Stayed in one of these rooms, or know another we should add? Share your story. See also haunted castle hotels and our evidence tiers.