Berkshire's Mysterious Sites -------------Hauntings------------ Bisham Abbey Windsor Castle ---------------Major Sites----------- Windsor Great Park ---------------Folklore----------- Grims Ditches Aldworth Giants ---------------Other sites----------- Combe Gibbet Home Site Map Berkshire Map England Map Scotland Map Wales Map Windsor Castle The castle was built by William the Conqueror and has been part of royal life and intrigue for nearly a thousand years. The castle has a menagerie of royal ghosts. Henry the VIII haunts the cloisters of the castle, announcing his presence his lumbering footsteps and the wheezing of his breath. Elizabeth the I is said to haunt the castle library, dressed in black with a black lace scarf. Her footsteps have been heard many times. Charles the I is said to haunt the Canons House, and George the III haunts a small apartment where he was kept during his years of mental illness. His face has been seen peering from the room in which he was housed. Map ref: SU 9777 Directions: Just off the B470