Norwich Ghost Walking Tour

Walk Norwich's medieval streets on a 2-hour interactive ghost walk with an expert live tour guide, interactive challenges, and storytelling.

Getting started

Meet your live tour guide at the designated starting point in central Norwich and join your group for a brief introduction to the route and safety notes. Once everyone is ready, your 2-hour interactive ghost walk begins through the historic streets. Set off at a steady walking pace, so comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing are recommended.

What to expect

Norwich medieval streets

Your route leads through Norwich's medieval streets, where centuries of history, folklore, and local legends overlap around every corner. The city becomes your open-air stage as nighttime stories unfold in the very spots where these events are said to have taken place.

Features

• Explore Norwich's medieval streets while your expert guide sets the scene with historic tales tied to real locations, so you can match each ghost story to the alleyway, square, or building in front of you.
• Take part in interactive challenges woven into the walk, which invite you to engage with clues, details, or decisions that bring particular stories and characters to life.
• Experience storytelling that blends authentic history, local folklore, and atmospheric narration, creating a continuous thread between each stop on the route.
• The 2-hour interactive ghost walk format gives enough time for multiple stories, pauses, and activities without feeling rushed.

Norwich Cathedral and surroundings

At Norwich Cathedral and its surroundings, the focus shifts to one of the city's most iconic landmarks and its darker side. Here, religious history, architecture, and eerie tales combine in a single stop.

Features

• Stand near Norwich Cathedral as your guide connects its long history to chilling events and apparitions said to linger in and around this landmark.
• Listen to focused storytelling that uses the cathedral backdrop to heighten the atmosphere while keeping the content family-friendly, though it may not be suitable for very young children due to the nature of the stories.
• Continue to take part in interactive challenges in this area, which help you notice details in the setting that tie back to the tales you hear.

Elm Hill

Elm Hill, one of Norwich's most recognizable historic streets, provides a richly textured setting for more ghost stories and local legends. Cobbles, old buildings, and tight corners all support the atmosphere as your guide continues the narrative.

Features

• Walk along Elm Hill while your expert guide recounts chilling events and historic tales associated with this part of the city, including those that shaped Norwich's reputation for hauntings.
• Hear stories of figures such as the Witchfinder General and the Keynsford curse, placed in context with the buildings, junctions, and viewpoints you pass on this street.
• Engage with further interactive challenges here, designed to keep everyone involved as the storytelling evolves from one legend to the next.