Three Ghostly Castles in England

England is a land steeped in history, tradition and legend. Itboasts more than 1400 medieval castles across its countryside,many of which are said to be frequented by ghosts, specters andother supernatural occurrences. Here is a delightfully ghoulishlist of three of the best ghostly castles to visit…Chillingham CastleBilled as "The Most Haunted Castle in Britain", ChillinghamCastle in the county of Northumberland in Northern England isinfamous for an entire collection of restless souls. The mostfamous of the castle's ghosts is the 'Blue Boy', whose agonizingcries are said to wail out at around midnight from a passagewayinside the castle close to one of the modern-day self cateringapartments. A soft light is then said to engulf a four-posterbed in th...

...e room nearby and an image of the boy appear for a fewbrief seconds. Chillingly, the bones of a boy and fragments ofblue clothing were discovered hidden behind a wall in the veryvicinity of the noises several years ago. Old Wardour CastleBuilt in the 14th century, Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire,Southwest England has been labeled as England's most romanticcastle. Set in secluded countryside overlooking a lake thecastle was used as a film location for Kevin Costner's RobinHood: Prince of Thieves. Twilight though heralds an altogethermore sinister side to Old Wardour for it is here where one LadyBlanche Arundell - a Royalist supporter during the 17th centuryEnglish Civil War - held out against Cromwell's Roundheads withher servants in a siege that las...

...ed nearly a month. The castlewas eventually captured by the Roundheads and Lady BlancheArundell promptly imprisoned and executed. It is said that shewalks from the castle to the lake in the fading daylight as achill pervades the air.Berry Pomeroy CastleNot far from Dartmoor National Park in Devon is the hauntedcastle of Berry Pomeroy. Now a romantic ruin this 13th centurycastle is home to a number of ghostly happenings, the mostfrequent of which is a sighting of a White Lady. She appears inthe dark dungeons below the castle and on top of the castleramparts, her apparition being reported as recently as 1987. TheWhite Lady is thought to be the spirit of Margaret Pomeroy whowas imprisoned in the dungeons by her sister and made to slowlystarve to death.