London · GHOST TOURS
The good ghost tours fill up weeks ahead; the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
A 2.5-hour London ghost walk that mixes dark street stories with a Thames night cruise, ending near Tower Hill.
“Very nice walk through London, Eddie our tour guide was very nice, lots of interesting information delivered with a great sense of humour.”
London Comedy Horror Ghost Bus Tour on a vintage Necrobus. Creepy conductor, onboard tricks, and laughs past Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge.
“Fun conductor excellent story telling and really got the passengers to engage. Great innuendos something for everyone. highly recommend this tour.”
Join a 2-hour London ghost walk from Green Park to the Tower of London, with an optional Thames boat ride and onboard bar.
“It was very good and thanks to Eddie our guide he was brilliant”
A 2-hour guided Bath ghost walk from Bath Abbey, packed with history, interactive spooky moments, and a possible paranormal experiment. Rain or shine.
“Loved our guide Professor Pickwick she played the part exceptionally we had a fun evening and lots of information”
Ride a classic 1960s Routemaster at night and hear haunted London stories tied to iconic sights, all for about 1 hour.
“Tour started out great, but about 10-15 minutes into it we ran into stopped traffic and it was canceled at that point. We were told we would receive an e-mail with instructions on how to restore get a refund, but nothing has been received as of today and we are no longer in London. How do we get our refund?”
A 2-hour London night walk with guide George, spooky-but-family-friendly tales, and classic City landmarks, ending at St. Paul’s.
“Our guide was easy to talk with and answered all our questions and had a pretty solid grasp of London history. However, there were fewer ghost stories than we were expecting. Also, many of the places we visited did not feel like they had a ghostly feel them. As a history tour, it was good. As a ghost story tour, it was so so.”
2-hour after-dark City of London ghost walk from All Hallows by the Tower to St Paul’s, with crimes, old streets, and spine-tingling stories.
“George was a great guide, his story telling skills are engaging and enthusiastic. I loved that there were historical facts sprinkled with the ghost stories. Highly recommend George’s ghost tour!”
Fully guided Bath ghost tour at night with interactive volunteer moments, paranormal experiments, and witty storytelling around Bath Abbey and key sights.
“Excellent! See my glowing TripAdvisor review. The short version: We lived it. Madame Strchnine combined history, humor, and the macabre.”
Haunted London by vintage double-decker, a Jack the Ripper walking murder trail, Smithfield Market, and a Sherlock Holmes pub stop near Trafalgar Square.
“This tour was so NOT what we were thinking it would be! While our tour guide tried, it was not a great tour. We looked longingly at another, much bigger tour where the guide had pictures of victims, maps, and was animated and interesting. Read more”
Creepy Cambridge ghost walk tours central Cambridge with spooky legends, Oliver Cromwell, exorcisms, and stories tied to the colleges.
“A really great tour. The stories were okay, not quite what I had expected, and he did need to read from his phone to talk through the stories so felt less authenticate than other tours I'd been on. That being said, what I did really enjoy was the walk around the colleges and Alex took us down some brilliant routes. The stories were really detailed and interesting. For the price it's a really enjoyable hour.”
Oxford’s 75-minute twilight ghost walk links Bloody Mary’s burnings to literary fantasy, with stops at Martyrs Cross and Dead Man’s Walk.
“Excellent. Tour guide was very engaging. Loved hearing about Oxford’s ghostly history”
A 2-hour night walk through Mayfair’s haunted streets, from Grosvenor Square to St James’s Palace, with real history, scares, and facts.
“This was a really good evening I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Very well priced Tom the guide was really good.he made it very interesting and was good with the overall history 10 out of 10”
Cambridge alumni guide a 60-minute ghost walk past colleges and lanes, with Oliver Cromwell lore and real city history for $30.98.
“Arushi our guide was wonderful and very knowledgeable. Passionate about Cambridge and the dark past that it holds.”
A 2-hour haunted walking tour of Greenwich with Cutty Sark, Thames legends, and ghost stories, ending at St Alfege Church from $18.
“Wow! What a brilliant tour we had. The fantastic Jamie intrigued us with tales of past and present. The Interactive and interesting tour around Greenwich was a brilliant activity for me and my mum. He answered all our questions and was very knowledgable. We were thoroughly entertained throughout! Thankyou where now tours.”
Private 90-minute ghost walk in Bath with guide Jamie, grim tales from Bath Abbey to haunted pubs and dueling grounds.
“Jamie was absolutely amazing!!! He made our evening and Halloween!! There is something truly special about a local willing to share their knowledge of home and do it with so much theatre. We are so grateful he spent time with us and enriched our hearts and minds with all things spooky!!! Do this tour and make sure to ask for Jamie!”
Every kind of London day out, and the best of each.
