Brighton Town Hall was built between1830-32 and designed in the classical style by Thomas Cooper. The building has an imposing presence with its giant fluted Ionic columns forming porticoes above the entrances. The interior of the building is no less impressive with large halls, corridors, Corinthian and Ionic columns and an impressive staircase, which becomes […]
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Maria Fitzherbert was born Maria Anne Smythe on 26th July, 1756. At the age of nineteen she became married to a wealthy land owner named Edward Weld, some sixteen years her senior. Sadly, Edward was killed just three months after their wedding in a riding accident. Three years later Maria married for a second time […]
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Perhaps the most famous of all haunted houses in London is 50 Berkeley Square; a grand four-story brick townhouse constructed in 1740. For several years it was the home of British Prime Minister George Canning. If you pass the building today you will see a commemorative plaque in his honour. However, by the nineteenth century Number […]
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The Mermaid Inn is a grade II listed building in Rye, East Sussex. Its cellars are thought to date as far back as the 11th century. However, the main structure dates from the 16th century. Many famous names have been associated with the Inn down the years. Queen Elizabeth 1st was said to have dined […]
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There are many theatres in England that are said to haunted by Grey Ladies, including the Theatre Royal in Bath, the Theatre Royal in York and Brighton’s own Theatre Royal. The first theatre in Brighton was little more than a barn to the North of Castle Square, which opened in 1764. Although a popular attraction […]
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The Royal York Hotel was built on the site of a former manor house and developed out of three separate houses known collectively as Steine Place. It opened as a hotel in 1819, slightly preceding the completion of the Royal Pavilion and its gardens in 1822. The name derived from the Duke of York who […]
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The Adelphi Theatre, which stands on the Strand in London, was originally known as the Sans Pareil Theatre when it first opened in 1806, it only became the Adelphi in 1819. This was a rather cramped establishment which had been described as little more than a hasty conversion from a tavern hall. The building was subsequently demolished to make way for the theatre you see today, which opened in 1858. The Adelphi has been famous for its many farces, melodramas, pantomimes, musicals and, moreover, its resident ghost.
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Another spirit said to haunt the Drury Lane Theatre is that of Joseph Grimaldi, the most celebrated of English clowns. Grimaldi was born in Clare Market, near to the Aldwich, with an impeccable pedigree in the performing arts. His father was an Italian pantomime artist and ballet master and his mother a dancer.
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It would seem that many thespians are reluctant to shuffle of this mortal coil and graciously pass over to the afterlife. Theatres in Bath York and Brighton all have their fair share of ghosts; Drury Lane is no exception.
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Brighton’s bandstand was first opened in 1884 and restored to its original specification to be reopened in 2009.Today it houses a café and is available as a venue for weddings and ceremonies. However, a shadow of darkness hangs about the place. The gaiety of its past has become overshadowed by the appearance of a terrifying […]
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Brighton has often been referred to as London-by-the-Sea, owing to its vibrant and bustling ambience. The town grew in popularity due the patronage of the Prince Regent, George Prince of Wales; later George IV. The upper classes became drawn to the town and it soon became a fashionable resort. One Dr. Richard Russell advocated that […]
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A selection of reviews for our world famous Brighton ghost walk for you to peruse!
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Images featuring our three ‘Ghost Walkers’ and scenes from our famous Ghost Walk of the Lanes in Brighton England.
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