Top 12 Best Mysterious Places in the UK
England is steeped in myths and legends since ancient times, and is famous for its unsolved mysterious places. Let's join Toplist to visit mysterious places in ... read more...England to better understand this mythical land.
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Referring to London, visitors will immediately remember the ancient tower of London and associated with thrilling and fascinating historical stories, both virtual and real ghosts being transmitted around the world. This is a tall tower, built over a very long period of time, over three centuries. The Tower of London is both a Royal Fort and a dungeon, an armory and a mint.
The Tower of London is a horrifyingly haunted building in England. It is here that the ghosts of Queen Anne Boleyn, beheaded in 1536 for resisting King Henry VIII, are seen where she is buried, and walk around the tower, headless, dressed in white. Other ghosts include Henry VI, Lady Jane Grey, Margaret Pole, and several princes. Some say they saw images of former kings while walking below the tower.
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Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house near the village of the same name in Norfolk. It is famous for its Jacobean architecture and fine Georgian interiors. Outside is a walled garden, an orangutan tree and orchards. The house and grounds were left to the National Trust by Robert Ketton-Cremer in 1969. The hall is listed as Class I on the National Heritage List of England. Most of the grounds are part of the Felbrigg Woods, a site of particular scientific interest because, according to legend, the hall is haunted by book lover William Windham III. In 1809, a fire broke out in the library, as a book lover, he couldn't stand to watch the books burn in the fire, so he risked his life to protect the books and was killed. horribly injured, and then died a few weeks later.
Many people said they saw Windham's ghost in the library in Felbrigg many times, on a table or sitting on a chair. Many believe that he went back to the library to read his favorite books.
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Located beneath the iconic Edinburgh bridge, the tunnel south of Edinburgh hides many mysteries. This underground construction site was built in 1785 with the purpose of serving as a trading place for merchants and merchants. But unfortunately, not long after operating, this underground structure flooded and the rightful owners had to evacuate to protect the property. Soon after, it turned into a residence for the poor in Edinburgh. In addition, the dark and damp rooms soon became fertile ground for criminals with the frequent appearance of serial killers hiding their crimes.
In 1788, the oldest resident of the city planned to make the first trip into the cellar, but she died before doing so. Finally, her coffin was carried across the bridge, leading many people to believe that the bridge was cursed.
Many tourists say they have seen many ghosts when coming here. Even during a 2003 recording event here, there was a voice in the recording "go away".
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St Briavels Castle was originally built between 1075 and 1129 as the royal administrative center for the Forest of Dean. During the 13th century, the castle first became King John's favorite hunting lodge, and later the main center in England for the production of battle guns. The castle was transferred several times between royal favourites during the 14th and 15th centuries and gradually declined in appearance and importance. St Briavels Castle was primarily used as a courthouse and as a prison for notorious debtors, the terms of which were recorded by prison reformer John Howard in 1775.
The castle of St Briavels is beautiful but also very scary with the ghost stories surrounding it. Several tour companies organize ghost hunting tours at this castle and attract large numbers of courageous visitors. Those who slept in the castle of St Briavals recounted that they heard crying coming from the bedroom, or were walking when their clothes were pulled by invisible hands. Occasionally, it was discovered that there was a black dog roaming the castle, or the silhouette of an unknown woman walking down the corridor with the knight. Many people who come here say they feel stuffy as if something in the afterlife is present. Then they couldn't stand it and left.
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Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in Highgate in the City of London, England. Established in 1839 to meet the rapidly increasing burial needs of Londoners, Highgate Cemetery has become the resting place of many famous personalities.
Highgate has experienced many ups and downs. Where there are vines crawling around the ledge or oak trees looming below is a mottled mossy gravestone. Thick vines hide the ancient stones that lie deep in the hollows of the trees. Many tomb sites have twisted tree roots damaged or ripped open the tomb cover, creating the feeling that something really has escaped from the tomb. The creepy scene of this place automatically gives people goosebumps. This is considered the place with the most ghosts in the UK. Occasionally there will be a few white shadows passing by and echoing scary sounds. Some even say that this place is a place where vampires live.
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With a stay at The Black Swan in Helston, you'll be a 4-minute walk from Cornwall Seal Sanctuary and 8 minutes by foot from The Lizard. This 4-star bed & breakfast is within 2 km of Mount St. Michael's Theater is 25.1 km and Tolmen Theater 4.3 km. Black Swan Hotel is famous for its luxurious and beautiful architecture, but since the Black Swan Hotel was built in the 15th century, there have been many supernatural and mysterious happenings here. This hotel is famous for having ghosts, but it attracts a lot of tourists to "hunt ghosts", experience thrills.
Some say there is a ghost of a man in a loofah who often walks around the bar in the middle of the night, or a silhouette of a young woman in a white dress staring into the fireplace. -
Alnwick is a castle and country house in the town of the same name in the county of Northumberland in England. The castle was the residence of the dukes of Northumberland, was built after the Norman occupation, and has been restored and modified a number of times.
Legend has it that a man serving the lord of Alnwick Castle suspected his wife of adultery. Aiming to catch his wife red-handed, he climbed onto the roof and fell to the ground dead from a broken neck. Despite being buried, the man is still being discovered around town. As disease spread and livestock began to die, locals suspected it was the man's ghost. They dug up this man's body and found it covered with blood inside, then people burned the body and the illness ended unexpectedly.
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The Dark Hedges in Ireland, with its 300-year-old oak trees with tangled branches like snakes entwined and densely intertwined, will surely create a sense of mystery for all visitors.
Giant trees planted in the 18th century by the Stuart family have now grown to create eerie tunnels across the road. The couple's original intention was only to decorate and shade the road leading to their Georgia mansion, Gracehill House, but now it has become an attraction for millions of tourists to visit. Through many ups and downs of time, the rows of old trees are still densely intertwined with winding branches like snakes entwined with each other. In the afternoon or at sunset, the faint rays of light through the trees make the scene here even more mysterious.
There have been many mysterious stories surrounding the old oak trees on the beautiful road. The ancients said that often seen a girl quietly glide gently along the zigzag road and always disappear when passing the last oak tree. It is said that it is the ghost of the maid in the mansion of the Stuart family. She died mysteriously several centuries ago.
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Tucked away in the Northumbrian countryside, there is a special garden where every plant can 'kill' you. Here, visitors can see a lot of plants and flowers that are colorful and seem normal, but they are all extremely toxic. The area is home to more than 100 species of noxious plants, many of which are deadly poisonous when eaten or harmful even when smelled. According to Mr. Trevor Jones - the garden manager, the poplars make you fall asleep forever. Similarly, four poison ivy in the garden could be enough to kill a child.
The boundary of the poison garden is separated behind a black iron gate and is only open to guided tours. Even some tourists sometimes faint from inhaling toxic fumes.
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This is an interesting tourist destination for tourists who want to learn about fossils. Mother Shipton Cave is the oldest attraction in the UK. Mother Shipton Cave is said to be the birthplace of one of the world's divine prophets - Mother Shipton. She was the daughter of a prostitute, and was born in a cave in 1488. During her lifetime, Shipton had an ugly, disfigured body. But in return, she has magical psychic abilities with many accurate predictions of fate such as the fate of kings, the great fire in London in 1666...
For more than 4 centuries, a petrified well is a famous place, attracting the attention of millions of visitors. Legend has it that any object, whether a bicycle, wind chime, or Teddy bear that touches the well's water, is turned to stone.
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Pendle Hill is known as the home of the oldest witches in England. In 1612, according to an oracle, dozens of people were accused of using magic to kill ten of their neighbors. Two men and nine women, from the Pendle Hill area of Lancashire, eventually went to trial, and these eleven or ten were eventually found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. While there were certainly many other witch trials going on in England during the 15th to 18th centuries, it was rare for many to be accused and attempted at the same time, and even more unusual for many people who were sentenced to death.
Today, this place has attracted a lot of tourists, forming a very interesting tourist destination. Every year at Pendle Hill, the "Pendle Witch Trial" is celebrated.
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Whitby is known for being the inspiration for the famous horror novel "Dracula" by writer Bram Stoker. However, this place is much more than just vampires. Secret legends about Whitby monastery have been established since the early days of this place being built in 657. But the most thrilling still must be told the story of the nunnery Hilda – an Anglo-Saxon nun, who is built a monastery.
She is said to have tamed the snakes in the area by driving them down the roof of the church and turning them all to stone under the flames of her rage. Perhaps this is a well-known story that explains why along the Whitby coast there are always stalagmite fossils that look like coiled snakes.
Today, when visiting the monastery, visitors will only see the ruins after the collapse of the seminary in the 16th century. However, its skeleton is still recorded as a landmark of history. the first pen strokes for the ghostly beauty of Whitby.