Londonist staff 10 secret underground spaces in london. For halloween, brilliantly british reveal the capitals haunted train stations. The scariest and silliest ghost tour in london, this ghost bus tour, complete with ragtag crew of spirits, poltergeists and demons, will take you on a journey through the dark side of londons past. Apr 24, 2017 back in 2015, tfl started taking proposals for commercial use of the station building, disused lift shaft, and underground passages.
Please click the book now button to find out what tours are available. With richards tours you are locating the source, the man who wrote the bestselling and definitive guides to the capitals sinister and supernatural history walking haunted london, jack the ripper the casebook, haunted london, uncovering jack the rippers london, and history and mystery walks in london richards books are often used by other guides to plan and research their. Hidden london is our programme of exclusive tours and events at locations rarely seen by the public. And in 2016, the london transport museum ran tours through the old station as part of its hidden london programme. Londons 11 most haunted underground train stations revealed. Richards tours are widely regarded as being the best ghost walks on offer in london. Of course, many of the haunted tours in london are considered adult tours. Visit the newest tube station, pass a disused ghost station, find out why some stations resemble spaceships and learn about the architecture, typography, map and entire visual brand that makes the tube just. They have many tales of ghost sightings and eerie occurrences in the miles of abandoned underground tunnels. The good people from the london transport museum are once again hosting exclusive, private tours of london s abandoned tube stations. Many tube tours start where the first underground train set out from its station in 1863. Sep 21, 2018 from british museum to down street, the fascinating london underground map that shows every single abandoned ghost station it has been created by franklin jarrier, who names the ghost. He is, after all, the author of 18 books on london and the paranormal, and he has the distinction of being londons longest established ghost walk guide. Apr 14, 2016 a rare chance to tour down street ghost station.
An employee of the london underground who saw his ghost in the station in 1955 and who subsequently identified him from a photograph of the actor that was taken in his heyday. If youre visiting london on or around 31 october, youll find many more spooky things to do on halloween in london. London underground, or the tube as it is affectionately known, is more than just a transport network it is the first of its kind and an icon of london, with plenty of stories, trivia and world records hidden amongst its tunnels and stations. He is, after all, the author of 18 books on london and the paranormal, and he has the distinction of being london s longest established ghost walk guide.
Back in 2015, tfl started taking proposals for commercial use of the station building, disused lift shaft, and underground passages. If youve missed out on tickets, id advise signing up to their mailing list to be the first to hear about future tours of subterranean london shelters. With richards tours you are locating the source, the man who wrote the bestselling and definitive guides to the capitals sinister and supernatural history walking haunted london, jack the ripper the casebook, haunted london, uncovering jack the rippers london, and history and mystery walks in london richards books are often used by other guides to plan and research their own haunted. The london underground was a necessary means for the victorian londoners who were living in a city that was bursting at the seams. The good people from the london transport museum are once again hosting exclusive, private tours of londons abandoned tube stations. Churchills secret station tours will be run on mondays sundays between 10 june and 23 july and on 26 and 27 august. Haunted london underground stations free tours by foot. London underground 10 underground tours full of history. Discover exploding coffins, hidden prisons, old operating theaters, swearing parrots, sweeney todd, secret burial grounds and london. Have you ever experienced anything paranormal while down in the underground. Tfls hidden london tours of sealedoff tube stations return later this year, and tickets go on sale very soon. The station is said to be haunted by the ghost of a workman who died during the construction.
The london underground transports millions of visitors every year, and the trains travel enough miles to circumnavigate the globe over and overand over again. London is proud to have the worlds oldest underground network but there are plenty of modern stations with just as much intrigue. Interactive and customerfriendly, youll see all the citys spookiest sites given a hilarious spin by your necrobus hosts. Best value tours to the best places, with small walking groups and unique and private tours. Walk through green park, one of londons most otherworldly places by night. Hidden london will uncover the whats and whys of these forgotten spaces, mixing your exclusive look round with the various. Tickets for all hidden london tours go on sale on 20 april. London underground map that shows every abandoned ghost. Hidden london will uncover the whats and whys of these forgotten spaces, mixing your exclusive look round with the various reasons for.
The london subterraneans are entities that are based on an old urban legend they are thought to be a group of londoners that chose to live underground in the late nineteenth century lack of sunlight and living in dark and damp conditions has apparently led to this group mutating over the years. London is home to countless disused tube stations, steeped in history. All tours must be booked in advance, online, through london transport museum. Amazing evening yesterday experiencing the old disused london underground tunnel at down street. Dare to set foot in spinetingling london scary attractions, go on a london ghost tour or get the chills at haunted hotspots. The scariest and silliest ghost tour in london, this ghost bus tour, complete with ragtag crew of spirits, poltergeists and demons, will take you on a journey through the dark side of london s past. The ghost bus tour takes place aboard a beautiful 1960s routemaster bus a london icon, but not in the traditional red. London sightseeing tour of the london underground london tours. Those bringing children may be asked to leave, so be sure to check with the tour guide prior to arriving for the tour.
Strawberry tours cannot be held responsible for any sleepless nights caused by attendance to this tour. Ghost tours and haunted tours in london scary experiences in. Explore london s spooky side with these scary things to do in london. Departing from 8 northumberland avenue daily, outside the grand hotel, opposite the sherlock holmes pub. The original london ghost walk haunted london ghost tours. Discover a littleknown side to london on this ghost tour aboard a vintage 1960s routemaster doubledecker bus. London underground walking tour visitbritain visitbritain.
This is a comparison post of the best london ghost tours, the dark side of london tours, and haunted bus tours, including our paywhatyoulike london ghost tour. Train stations in the immediate vicinity include embankment tube station underground bakerloo, northern, circle and district lines and charing cross station south. David saunderson highlights some of the most interesting. London ghost tours award winning tours with lantern ghost tours. Hidden london part of the london transport museum run tours across a range of tfl property and you cant find out more here. In prague, you can hop on the underground ghost tours of prague and experience the rare chance to head beneath the astronomical clock a unesco world heritage site. Ghosts of the london underground paranormal database. London ghost tours england bus tours visitbritain usa. This black routemaster is a former necropolis bus, used to carry bodies, pallbearers and mourners in private funeral ceremonies and the only one left in existence, the others having been destroyed in a 1967 fire at the bus depot.
This is a comparison post of the best london ghost tours, the dark side of london tours, and haunted bus tours, including our paywhatyoulike london ghost tour ghost tours. You can find out about forthcoming tours on the london transport museum website. The ghost tours are of a sensitive nature, and generally not appropriate for kids. Oct 18, 2019 its halloween, so grab your ghost detector and gear up for these genuinely terrifying ghost tours in london. With richards tours you are locating the source, the man who wrote the bestselling and definitive guides to the capitals sinister and supernatural history walking haunted london, jack the ripper the casebook, haunted london, uncovering jack the rippers london, and history and mystery walks in london. It is one of the few abandoned stations that could come back into use.
Oct 10, 2017 have you ever experienced anything paranormal while down in the underground. Here are all londons abandoned tube stations citymetric. Although london is the proud owner of the oldest underground system in the world, it took some time to go from the steam locomotives just meters below streetlevel to the deeplevel futuristic tubes. Jul 28, 2017 a s london s underground mail rail is opened to the public for the first time, we unearth 10 more littleknown subterranean attractions in the capital 1. Train stations in the immediate vicinity include embankment tube station underground bakerloo, northern, circle and district lines and charing cross station south eastern main line. There is perhaps nothing more spine tingling than heading out into an old european city by lamplight to lurk around its darkest spaces. Jun 08, 2019 abandoned london underground stations can be found across the english capital. Look no further for sightseeing than the ghost bus. From british museum to down street, the fascinating london underground map that shows every single abandoned ghost station it has been created by franklin jarrier, who names the ghost. The original london ghost walk 2020 all you need to know. Britmovietours this tour group offers bimonthly tours of the most famous station in underground london. After meeting your guide who will be suitably attired in his 19th century undertakers garb outside london s most haunted underground station, you will set off into a sinister alley where, legend holds, the unwary may feel the touch of the devils breath on the back of their necks. A figure has been observed on the platform late at night, and his footsteps heard in other parts of the station.
Most tours also follow the development of the tube system in the later part of the. Starting at the stairway to heaven monument in bethnal green, scene of one of londons worst wartime disasters, this tour will take you on a fascinating journey below the pavements of the everyday world into the often seen but seldom explored corridors of the london underground. Ghost tours in london spooky london tours designmynight. Ghost tours and haunted tours in london scary experiences. Ghosts of the london underground real paranormal experiences. E17 greater london blackhorse road underground station type.
Whether youre up for lurking in eerie woods or creeping around the most haunted. Nov, 2018 hidden london part of the london transport museum run tours across a range of tfl property and you cant find out more here. The tour begins at the historic baker street station. A rare chance to tour down street ghost station londonist. Explore forgotten parts of the tube network on atmospheric tours of disused stations and tunnels, go behind the scenes at some of londons busiest stations, and uncover some of the citys fascinating history with our expert guides. This is the closest youll get to a ghost tube london underground museum. Although london underground itself may be pretty workaday, theres something thrilling about an abandoned station, and london has a surprisingly large number of ghost stations that used to operate as part of the network but are now unused. Your guide navigates through the city, recounting tales of murder, execution, torture, and ghosts at key locations. London ghost tours award winning tours with lantern. Its halloween, so grab your ghost detector and gear up for these genuinely terrifying ghost tours in london. Ghost hunts and ghost tours in london time out london. London the ghost bus tours comedyhorror sightseeing tours. The london ghost walk that is widely acknowledged as the most chilling and best ghost walk of them all. A s londons underground mail rail is opened to the public for the first time, we unearth 10 more littleknown subterranean attractions in the capital 1.