Dark tourism and haunted attractions have been a growing trend in the United Kingdom, with over 30,000 searches in the past year alone.
The UK is home to some of the most haunted places in the world, and Holidu, a search engine for holiday rentals, has rounded up a list of Britain’s most popular tourist attractions that double as some of the most haunted sites in the whole country.
Using the database from Higgy Pop's Paranormal Hub, which has over 350 entries of scary sites all over the UK, the number of searches on Google in the past year was used to find out just which of these paranormal places are most popular with tourists.
Using the database from Higgy Pop's Paranormal Hub, which has over 350 entries of scary sites all over the UK, the number of searches on Google in the past year was used to find out just which of these paranormal places are most popular with tourists.
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The top nine haunted tourist attractions in the UK have been revealed. Image credit Jan Jakub Nanista via Unsplash. Photo: Submitted
. British Museum, London - 135k+ searches
The most popular haunted tourist attraction for 2021 is the British Museum in London. This is a gigantic museum that displays two million years of human history and culture, and it is said that some of the ancient artefacts and human remains are regularly spooking both visitors and staff. Museum guards have reported many instances of hearing things go bump in the night, from unexplained noises and sudden drops in temperature to doors swinging open and ghost sightings. Image credit PublicCo via Pixabay. Photo: Submitted
. The Tower of London, London - 110k+ searches
Founded in 1066, the Tower of London, located on the north bank of the River Thames has a gruesome past which has resulted in it being riddled with terror and fear. It is said that most of the ghosts that haunt this castle are unfortunate souls who met an untimely and unjust death. These ghastly sightings so far beyond just flickering lights, with reportings so intense they feature repugnant smells, ice-cold rooms, suffocating sensations and even grizzly bears. Millions of visitors line up to pay this castle a visit and hear the sinister tales of imprisonment, torture, and execution. Image credit waldiwkl via Pixabay. Photo: Submitted
9. Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh - 40k+ searches
Edinburgh Playhouse is the UK’s largest working theatre in terms of audience capacity. The Playhouse is a cultural hub in the city, hosting events such as musicals, concerts, and ballets all year round, but what about its haunted history? The resident ghost is named Albert, who has been lurking the corridors of the theatre since the 1950s when paranormal activity was first reported. It was then that an officer claimed to have spoken to a man dressed in grey who identified himself as Albert, but there were no staff by that name. Since then, sightings of Albert, especially on the sixth floor, have been reported ever since. Photo: Andrew O'Brien