Ghost Stories

A growing archive of reported hauntings, folklore and unexplained encounters from Redditch and the surrounding area.

Town Centre

Bank Street Phantom Horse

A witness reported seeing a man in old-fashioned clothing leading a horse near Bank Street before the scene vanished.

St Stephen’s House

Reports include a wartime soldier seen through a window and a blue nun-like figure within the building.

Webb House

Late-working staff have reported footsteps in empty corridors and the figure of a woman in black.

Church Green East

Stories from the former Café Mambo and Rocktave Studios include a soldier-like figure, voices and disturbances on the upper floors.

Beech House

The building now known as The Black Tap Brew Pub is linked with sightings of a woman in white.

Kingfisher Centre

Witnesses have described a large transparent figure above shoppers and strange activity within shops.

Palace Theatre

The theatre carries stories of ghostly presences, including an old man and dog and a young boy.

Unicorn Tunnel

A sealed tunnel beneath the Unicorn has inspired stories of monk-like figures and hidden routes beneath the town.

Residential Areas

Abbeydale

Abbeydale has reports of footsteps in empty houses, a looming figure near the club and accounts connected with a young spirit known as Charlotte.

Batchley

Pitcheroak Woods is linked with a white lady, while Salters Lane has a story of footsteps and a crying child.

Enfield

A house on Edward Street, once used as a funeral parlour, is linked to the story of a young girl named Lillian.

Lakeside

Lakeside has several residential accounts, including a Ouija board incident, child spirits, figures at windows and disturbances in family homes.

Lodge Park

A former resident described a Victorian girl in a mirror, footsteps on the landing and unseen presences in the house.

Matchborough

A couple walking through an underpass reportedly saw a man in early twentieth-century clothing, his lower legs hidden below the modern ground level.

Webheath

A house on Sandygate Close is linked to sightings of a young girl seen descending the stairs while the children of the house were asleep.

Winyates

A property on Dolben Lane has reports of a child reacting to an unseen presence, a disturbing loft encounter and a black mass in a bedroom.

Woodrow

Woodrow has produced reports of voices, shadows, moving objects, unexplained disturbances and sightings in nearby Wirehill Woods.

Villages and Outskirts

Astwood Bank

Stories include the Coach House door incident, activity at Sandhills Farm Truck Stop, The Bell and the former White Lion.

Beoley

Beoley’s stories include a goblin-like creature on Church Hill, a returning vicar, haunted crossroads, Beoley Hall and the ghost of PC James Davies.

Feckenham

Feckenham includes the whistling presence at Moors Lane stables and disturbances at the Rose and Crown.

Foxlydiate

Foxlydiate has stories of a phantom hearse, Hannah Middleton, the White Lady, pub activity and the strange Corpse Bride account.

Tardebigge

Tardebigge includes apparitions at Tardebigge Court, reports from Hewell, activity at the pub and a mysterious lane figure.

Roads, Lanes and Open Places

Arrow Valley Lake

A group reported being followed by an intense white light near the lake, later followed by a white monk-like figure through Churchill.

Callow Hill

Callow Hill includes an old farmhouse shadow figure and a legend of a vanished house connected with older violence.

Church Hill

Icknield Street has stories of phantom riders, while Loxley Close has a mirror apparition account.

Oakenshaw

Oakenshaw includes the lady in black on the A441 and the sound of a phantom train on the old railway line.

Riverside

A cloaked figure was repeatedly seen beneath the same tree near Forge Mill Road and Bordesley Meadows.

Southcrest

Southcrest includes accounts from Roxboro House, Plymouth Road Cemetery, Mayfields Park and the disused railway tunnel.

Ipsley

Ipsley has stories of monk-like figures, a blue light, a towering hooded figure and a possible fisherman apparition near the old landscape.

Historic Sites

Moons Moat

Moons Moat is linked to Lady Mohun and older legends surrounding the medieval moated site.

Ipsley Law Society

A contractor reportedly saw a monk-like figure on CCTV after repeated night-time alarms.

Bordesley Abbey Landscape

The wider abbey landscape is connected with stories of monks, impressions and echoes of the religious past.

Washford Mill

Washford Mill has reports of a woman near the water wheel, an elderly man inside the building and a strong sense of presence after closing.

Schools and Institutions

Trinity High School

Trinity High School is linked to stories of a former headmaster appearing near the corridor beneath the bell tower.

HMP Hewell

The Hewell prison complex has reports of figures passing through walls and a nun-like apparition.