{"id":501406,"date":"2025-10-15T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/501406\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:03:14","slug":"london-is-officially-home-to-the-most-popular-haunted-attraction-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/501406\/","title":{"rendered":"London Is Officially Home To The Most Popular Haunted Attraction In The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to London\u2019s long and storied history, our city is full of haunted spots<\/a> and eerie locations. But now it turns out that we\u2019re not just full of ghosts \u2013 our ghosts are really popular, too! Recent research* has analysed the popularity of some of the country\u2019s most haunted spots, and London came out on top with the country\u2019s most popular haunted attraction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Creeping into first position on the list was London Bridge<\/a><\/strong>. This seemingly innocuous bridge mightn\u2019t look like much, but the area is home to some gruesome history. In fact, it was a former public execution site, and haunting figures have been spotted wandering along the Thames.<\/p>\n

The area is also home to The London Bridge Experience<\/strong> \u2013 an eerie journey through London Bridge\u2019s history and the London Tombs. Numbers also might have been enhanced simply by the area\u2019s popularity, thanks to nearby Borough Market<\/a>, notwithstanding its haunted nature.<\/p>\n

Coming in hot on London Bridge\u2019s tail was Edinburgh Castle<\/a> as the UK\u2019s second most popular haunted attraction.<\/strong> But after taking the top spot, our city\u2019s ghosts clearly weren\u2019t content, because the capital is also home to 5 of the UK\u2019s 10 most popular haunted attractions. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"aCredit: Amadeusdavis, via Shutterstock The UK\u2019s most popular haunted attractions <\/p>\n

To create the ranking of haunting hot-spots, 53 haunted attractions from around the UK were analysed according to popularity on Instagram using the area\u2019s most popular hashtags. Each haunted spot was then ranked according to the number of posts uploaded \u2013 by ghosts or by humans alike<\/strong>. These ten spots were then ranked as the UK\u2019s most popular haunted attractions:<\/p>\n

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  1. London Bridge, London<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh<\/li>\n
  3. Tower of London<\/a>, London<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Hampton Court Palace, London<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Whitechapel, London<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Highgate Cemetery<\/a>, London<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. York Minster, York<\/li>\n
  8. Chislehurst Caves<\/a>, Kent<\/li>\n
  9. The Shambles, York<\/li>\n
  10. Warwick Castle, Warwickshire<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Other London attractions that featured on the list included 50 Berkeley Square<\/strong> (#29), the London Dungeon<\/strong> (#30), The Ten Bells<\/strong> (#38), and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane<\/strong> (#45). Altogether, London had the most attractions on the list, making our city\u2019s ghouls and ghosts quite the popular bunch.<\/p>\n

    *Research was conducted by the research team at QR Code Generator<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: David Dibert, via Pexels Save Thanks to London\u2019s long and storied history, our city is full of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,10838,257,147655,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-501406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-halloween","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-terror-horror","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115378087788058019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}