Category: Road Ghosts

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A47 Acle Straight

The A47 Acle Straight is a nine mile stretch of road which was opened in 1831 over marshland, which appears to have a reputation of being haunted.  The following article by Stacia Briggs and...

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Headless Lady of Buckland Glen

In the Dundrennan district of Kirkcudbright a persisted belief lingers concerning a headless lady haunting the Buckland Glen. The following narrative which has been handed down lends an increased interest to the tradition:— Long...

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John Whitfield A6 Ghost

It has been suggested that the ghost of John Whitfield, a highwayman hung in chains by Barrock Fell can be heard crying for help. In his book ‘Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland’ (1899), Daniel Scott...

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A39 Highwayman

Reputedly the ghost of a highway man named Thomas Pocock haunts the A39 around Ashcott. According to Laura Linham in her article published in Somerset Live [6 October 2017]. ‘If you live in Ashcott,...

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Mill Road, Cambridge

The following Cambridgeshire News story by Nicola Gwyer was published 4 October 2019. There has been a report of a “quite annoying” ghost spotted on Mill Road. The spooky spirit was spotted just outside...

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A21 – Robertsbridge

According to an article about the A21 by Sophie Madge in Kent Live on 31 October 2017, ‘drivers since the 1970s have claimed to have seen a ghost cycling in the Robertsbridge area. This...

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Retford Cavalier

An account was recently submitted to Mysterious Britain regarding a Cavalier road ghost near Retford that was recounted in the 1980’s but happened several years previously. The witness was an ambulance driver and was...

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A31 Hogs Back, Guildford Bound (1960s)

In a Get Surrey article entitled ‘Ghosts of girls, donkey and bus – paranormal sightings in Surrey’ (31 October 2014), Natasha Solomon mentions the following encounter from the 1960s on the Hog’s Back stretch...

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A31 Hogs Back, Guildford Bound (2007)

According to a Get Surrey (31/10/2014) article by Natasha Solomon entitled ‘Ghosts of girls, donkey and bus – paranormal sightings in Surrey’, the following experience took place on 2 January 2007. ‘A driver watched...

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Bramley

According to a Get Surrey (31/10/2014) article by Natasha Solomon entitled ‘Ghosts of girls, donkey and bus – paranormal sightings in Surrey’ ‘A crossroads near to the Chinthurst Woods is supposedly haunted by an...