Haunted Britain and Ireland: Over 100 of the Scariest Places to Visit in the UK and Ireland
By (Author) Derek Acorah
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st March 2007
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
133.10941
Paperback
384
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
357g
Take a spooky journey round the British Isles with the UKs best known psychic Derek Acorah. Derek presents a fascinating guide to 100 haunted sites throughout Britain and Ireland, including his incredible ghostly encounters, what you can expect to find at each location, as well as detailed information on opening hours and access.
Find out just how haunted Britain and Ireland are in Derek Acorahs fascinating guide to over 100 spooky sites. Derek shares fantasic strories of epic battles, lost lovers, murder, suicide and other ghostly goings-on at locations far and wide.
Discover why the ghost of a Victorian actor haunts the Adelphi Theatre in London, what many tragedies haunt the Snickleway Inn of York, and why a mysterious ghostly monk has been sighted in the Tyneside Cinema.
This ghostly guide has a map with each section and spooky sites helpfully ordered by county or geographical area. Entries range from haunted castles and manors to shopping centres, hotels, beaches and even bowling alleys. An ideal travelling companion, each section offers helpful information on opening hours and access.
Perfect for a family holiday, you can design your break to take in pubs with poltergeists, eerie stately homes or haunted abbeys!
'Derek is the model of the modern medium.' - Guardian Weekend 'Acorah is regarded by some as the most inspirational living medium in the UK.' - Independent 'Derek [is] now the country's best-known ghost hunter.' - The Sun
Following a career as a footballer with Liverpool FC and USC Lion in Australia, Derek Acorah began to tap into the psychic skills he first noticed as a child. He has since become one of the country's most famous mediums, and is the star of Derek Acorahs Ghost Towns on Living TV, having previously appeard on Most Haunted and Celebrity Most Haunted. He makes appearances on various other TV and radio shows, both in the UK and the US, and has toured internationally.