| London has the title of being the most haunted city in | | | | images of dark figures and unnerving past events. |
| Britain and this aspect of the city's heritage is playing | | | | Popular London Ghosts |
| an ever increasing role on the numbers of tourists | | | | Perhaps the most famous London ghosts include |
| visiting Britain's capitol. | | | | those of the infamous Jack the Ripper and his tragic |
| "Haunted London" is now a tourist industry in itself and | | | | victims. Nearly all of the popular ghost walks trace |
| you can take a guided tour around several of the city's | | | | Jack the Ripper's murderous route through London and |
| most haunted spots during the day, or better still, after | | | | stop at the points of his most heinous acts. |
| dark. | | | | The Tower of London, first constructed by William the |
| London's history is both romantic and sordid, so it is no | | | | Conqueror and dating back to the 11th century, is also |
| surprise that haunting and ghosts play an active part in | | | | famed for its ghostly sightings. Just like many of |
| many unusual and often chilling stories. The city's | | | | London's other ghouls, these apparitions are nearly |
| ghosts and hauntings include those seeking revenge | | | | always recounted by their witnesses as wearing |
| and those simply wandering aimlessly around their | | | | clothing from a bygone age. |
| former parishes. | | | | The Tower of London has been, and continues to be, |
| Did you know? | | | | London's most haunted building complex. Past |
| London has more reported ghost sightings per square | | | | inhabitants still seen wondering its grounds include Guy |
| mile than any other city on the planet. London's ghosts | | | | Fawkes, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lady Jane Grey, and |
| are seen throughout the borough and it is thought that | | | | Thomas a Beckett, but carriages, horses and the |
| their "once living" origins span a time-line from the | | | | famous veiled lady also grace its expansive court. |
| Roman Empire to the present day. | | | | Still more ghosts, or at least the origins of their claimed |
| Probably the best way to explore London's haunted | | | | hauntings, can be found at Berkeley Square. Whilst the |
| sights is through a guided ghost tour. These tours | | | | Tower of London is the city's most haunted collection |
| operate throughout London and have timetables that | | | | of buildings, Berkeley Square the most haunted inner |
| include all hours of the day. Not surprisingly the night | | | | London zone and sighting occur even to this day. |
| time tours prove the most popular. | | | | Many ghost tours also include other notable locations |
| Some of the best tours focus on the older and less | | | | like Admiralty House and even the Bank underground |
| popular districts of the city. Here the atmosphere adds | | | | station. |
| to the ghoulish tales and it is easy to summon up | | | | |