Peterborough's Ghost
Walks...
Explore the spooky side of Peterborough's past with our entertaining, informative and highly popular ghost walks...
Stalk the streets with our costumed guide to discover the eerie secrets of the city, from phantom monks to ghostly children; from a slaughtered Cavalier to a phantom lorry!
Discover more about Peterborough's most haunted building - the Museum - and most haunted area; the Cathedral Precincts. Beware, you'll never look at Peterborough quite the same way again!
The Peterborough Ghost walk was started in
October 2001, for Halloween that year. It proved to be so popular
that it has continued ever since and has attracted over 15,000
people to enjoy an evening of fun and fear with a spooky evening in
Peterborough.
The walk starts from the museum and heads around the city centre, stopping at sites reputed to be haunted. The walk is with a costumed guide, lasts about one and a half to two hours and tells over a dozen stories of the ghoulish and supernatural.
The walk is designed to be entertaining and
educational, a fun and theatrical way to find out more about the
city's past - whilst getting a few chills up the spine.
There are no gimmicks or made-up
ghosts on this tour - just simple, old-fashioned story telling and
the power of the stories themselves.All of the stories told are
either traditional tales associated with the area,
or told us by local people in good faith - and researched and
verified as far as is possible.
The stories can be quite gruesome though - so the tour is
not recommended for children under 10 or those of a nervous
disposition! It is suitable for those who wish to come who
are in a wheelchair or have visual impairment.
The walk has been featured on radio, newspaper and television,
including Channel 4's 'The Big Breakfast' and Living TV's
'Most Haunted'.