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If you think you\u2019ve got the nerve to spend the night in a haunted hotel<\/strong> this Halloween<\/a>; allow us to point you in the direction of a ghostly guesthouse<\/strong> that\u2019s just been named one of the spookiest. Not just in the country, but in the whole wide world.<\/p>\n The travel-pros over at Tripadvisor<\/strong> recently took it upon themselves to uncover some of the world\u2019s most spine-tingling spots to have a snooze. They rummaged through their reviews in search of the most haunted hotels<\/a>, and a historic hotel near London earnt itself a place on the list. Strand House<\/strong> is perched in the medieval town of Winchelsea<\/strong>, less than two hours from the capital city<\/a>. And it\u2019s certainly got a few spooky stories up its sleeve.<\/p>\n Strand House is a half-timbered, Grade II listed building<\/strong> with links dating all the way back to the 13th century. The hotel boasts a rather lengthy backstory, having started its life as a farmhouse before going on to become a brothel (allegedly), a hospital inhabited by monks, and a workhouse. It wasn\u2019t until 1922<\/strong> that it was converted into a guesthouse, when two sisters snapped up the property.<\/p>\n Boasting low ceilings, wooden beams, winding pathways, and \u2018bendy staircases\u2019, Stand House is filled to the brim with history, charm, and eerie eccentricities<\/strong>. It\u2019s been the site of plenty of supernatural sightings over the years, with one particular Tripadvisor review by \u2018@FireflyManchester\u2019<\/strong> reading: \u201cThe Strand House, which I\u2019ve staying in several times under different owners, is a magnificent hotel. The rooms, service, food and location are all superb. And for those interested in the supernatural, it has the added value of several active ghosts! I once saw a full-blown apparition at the bottom of the stairs and have often heard footsteps walking around my bed in the dead of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n The oh-so spooky Strand House hotel<\/strong> is approximately a two hour drive from London. But non-drivers, fear not. You can still get your frightful fix by hopping on a speedy train from London to Ashford International<\/strong>, where you can change to an onward train to Winchelsea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Discover what Tripadvisor believe to be the spookiest hotels on the planet here<\/a> and book your spooky stay at Strand House here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Strand House Save If you think you\u2019ve got the nerve to spend the night in a haunted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,10838,17009,257,10763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-522897","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-local-trip","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-trip-travel","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115425128783628116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522897","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=522897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Inside](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rsw_1535m.webp.webp\")
Credit: Strand House The history of Strand House Hotel <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rsw_1535m-1.webp.webp\")
Credit: Strand House Getting to Strand House from London <\/p>\n