Welcome to Spirit Seekers
Taking You to the Most Haunted Places in North-East England and Cumbria
If you are looking for a stay in a haunted house, the chance to see real ghosts, an experience like Most Haunted Live or the chance to investigate local ghost stories then contact Spirit Seekers.
Ghost tours, ghost hunting & haunted nights in York, Whitby & through Yorkshire, paranormal investigations Cleveland & visits to the most haunted places in Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland & Cumbria.
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10pm - 3am 8 places left
Friday 26/10/2018
£22 per person
Built 1886 as an inn for weary travelers of the newly created railway network. Staff, locals & performers witnessed orbs of light pass throughout the building & heavy footsteps upstairs but there have been many accounts of dark shadowy figures & headless bodies, furniture moved and a faceless man seen to sit on tables and walk through walls and disappear at night.
Ancient Unicorn Inn (Barnard Castle)
The Street, Bowes, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 9HL
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9pm - 2am 18 places left
Saturday 27/10/2018
£31 per person
Dating back to the 1500s this hotel once accommodated for the likes of Charles Dickens and inspired his writings. The building itself is home to its own sad but true life tale involving the untimely death of 2 young lovers. It is their spirits that have been seen, heard and felt to this day along with sightings of a young boy down in the cellar, a Victorian woman and a man wearing a bowler hat
6pm - 7pm 10 places left
Sunday 04/11/2018
£6 per person
Durham ghost walk includes a history going back to 687AD. It incorporates Durhams Cathedral, Castle, prisons and its most haunted inns. Explore tales of ghostly monks and notorious criminals with creepy stories of tunnels, executions and skeletons. AS THIS IS NOT A REGULAR EVENT, STORIES WILL BE SCRIPT READ
8pm - 1am 15 places left
Sunday 04/11/2018
£31 per person
A former family mansion with parts dating back to 1652. Its said to be haunted by sightings of its famous, former owner ‘Bonny Bobby Shafto’ and a lady dressed in Black. A sudden coldness can be felt in this building, growling noises have been heard and items are known to fly off shelves. People have experienced strange feelings here causing them to physically fall to the ground.
10pm - 10am FREE ACCOMMODATION 0 places left
Saturday 24/11/2018
£43 per person
Built in 1877 as an infirmary, operating theatre & mortuary. Created to deal with injuries or even deaths of workers from the Iron company. It was also built on the site of what was once a hanging ground for criminals & those accused of being witches. Perhaps this has helped to enhance the strange phenomena here such as muffled voices, ghostly mists & sightings of a male spirit that likes to move things.
10pm - 3am 8 places left
Friday 30/11/2018
£31 per person
Mary Ann Cotton shes dead and shes rotten. Within the walls of this 19th century inn its believed that the remains of 2 murdered children still lay, Victims of Britains first serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton. Its also considered by many to be Sunderlands most haunted inn with numerous accounts of singing, crying and screaming being heard echoing from empty rooms where sightings of a young girl and a Victorian woman have left people stunned
10pm - 3am 19 places left
Saturday 01/12/2018
£31 per person
Created in the 1700s and remodelled in 1897. It’s been an important meeting place for local farmers, had many different owners and thousands of guests over the years. It’s said that a long time ago a little girl was murdered here and that her figure can still be seen searching for her father. Her father’s figure is also often seen searching for the evil highwayman that killed her. People have been too frightened to enter rooms following strange noises and sightings of the highwayman himself.
Lanchester Community Centre (Durham)
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Newbiggin Ln, Lanchester, Durham, County Durham, DH7 0PB
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10pm - 3am 20 places left
Saturday 08/12/2018
£35 per person
A former school which dates back to 1875 has been host to some horrifying experiences since reopening as a community centre. Some have experienced a sense of dread with an awful feeling of being watched. People have been pushed or even scratched by something that they cannot see. Sounds of footsteps have been heard walking up and down and the apparition of a lady dressed in white has been seen in different parts of the building.
10pm - 3am 15 places left
Saturday 19/01/2019
£35 per person
Built in 1867 to accommodate for most noble of guests. It was 1 of the largest hotels in the world with 365 rooms representing each day of the year. Todays visitors have commented on strange encounters & some have even left after witnessing items flying across their rooms & objects falling from walls, doors vigorously shaking & knocking with no one on the other side. Sounds of screaming, singing & laughter are heard & most commonly old fashioned music. Various apparitions are seen but none more so frequent than the lady wearing a long red dress.
10pm - 3am 18 places left
Friday 25/01/2019
£46 per person
Featured on TVs Most haunted. Created in 1897 as one of the largest theatres in the country. Host to a variety of famous acts and used as an RAF training facility during the war. It’s haunted by its former architects, an Edwardian woman that died on the stairs, shadows that engulf and terrify people, a malevolent entity known to terrorise with vicious attacks, a former caretaker that will aggressively push people and a past manager that’s violently opposed to any visitor. The theatre has one side good and one side very evil.
10pm - 10am FREE ACCOMMODATION 28 places left
Saturday 26/01/2019
£43 per person
Built in 1877 as an infirmary, operating theatre & mortuary. Created to deal with injuries or even deaths of workers from the Iron company. It was also built on the site of what was once a hanging ground for criminals & those accused of being witches. Perhaps this has helped to enhance the strange phenomena here such as muffled voices, ghostly mists & sightings of a male spirit that likes to move things.
10pm - 3am 20 places left
Friday 01/02/2019
£41 per person
Built 1897 and has been host to many activities over the years from important meetings to trade fairs and dances. Also once partly used as a school and commandeered by soldiers during the war. People often feel afraid and that they are not alone here. Indeed, sounds of movement, knocking and footsteps can be heard coming from dark, empty, rooms. Odd lights are seen and doors moving on their own. A young female voice is often heard calling out and the voice of a man though to be a technician who once worked here.
10pm - 3am 20 places left
Saturday 16/02/2019
£60 per person
Featured on TVs Most haunted. A former 1820s prison built on the site of the 12th century castle and the town gallows. Jedburgh justice was the name given to the brutal executions and torture techniques used here. As a museum sounds of screaming, crying and phantom pipe music has been heard throughout. Thick fog creeps across the floor with strange lights and sightings of a tall man. The cell doors slam and lock by themselves and objects have been thrown at anyone whom has dared to enter. Anyone fancy a lock in?
10pm - 3am 20 places left
Saturday 23/02/2019
£31 per person
A former Presbyterian Church dating back to 1902. It’s also been used for Sunday school, Boy’s brigade, an air raid shelter and emergency De-contamination Centre. It’s believed that a black figure seen roaming the building is unhappy with the prospect of changes being made to it. Pictures have flown from walls with screws still intact and shutters have flown open by themselves. Music players turn themselves on and people are afraid to go upstairs, feeling there’s something else up there.
10pm - 3am 20 places left
Saturday 06/04/2019
£26 per person
Opened as a recreation Hall in 1912. Primarily used to host cinema screenings and of course numerous stage shows entertaining many visitors throughout the years. Today, people have experienced uneasy feelings here. Footsteps are heard with a sound of chatter and unusual knocking. Images of a woman, a child and strange lights have been seen. Whilst sitting in the chairs people have heard eerie laughter, unusual scraping sounds and most creepy of all a male voice telling them to move.
10pm - 10am 20 places left
Saturday 01/06/2019
£35 per person
A former coaching inn dating back to 1763. It’s now said to be haunted by a maid that walks through walls and throws objects at those unlucky enough to get in her way. Staff members and visitors have heard doors slamming, whispering and other unusual sounds coming from empty rooms. Items have fallen from the walls, glasses have flown across the room and people have been physically pushed against the bar.