Bath Ghost Walking Tour

Explore Bath's haunted streets on a two-hour ghost walk with an expert guide, games, and eerie local legends.

Getting started

Meet your expert guide at the designated starting point in Bath and get a quick overview of the two-hour ghost walk route. After a short introduction, you set off on foot through the city streets as dusk falls or night sets in. The guide explains basic safety and pacing before leading the group toward the first haunted stop.

What to expect

Bath Abbey

This central landmark is one of the first major stops on your ghost walk through history.

Features

• Your two-hour ghost walk begins to dive into Bath's hidden, eerie tales as you pause near Bath Abbey, hearing how centuries of worship and burial have fed local ghost lore.
• A professional, expert guide leads the way, using stories tied to Bath Abbey to introduce the format of the walk and set the tone for the rest of the route.
• Games and quizzes start to appear here, keeping everyone involved as you test what you have learned so far about Bath's past and its reported hauntings.

Theatre Royal

You continue through the historic streets to the Theatre Royal, another key site on the route.

Features

• At the Theatre Royal, the guide focuses on eerie episodes linked to audiences and performers, using this active venue to show how old stories still brush up against modern life.
• Interactive games and quizzes at this stop turn the ghost walk into more than a lecture, inviting you to guess outcomes, dates, or characters behind some of the tales.
• This part of the guided ghost walk through history highlights how Bath's entertainment district has generated its own ghost stories, distinct from the religious and civic spaces you saw earlier.

Royal Crescent

The walk leads on to Royal Crescent, where elegant façades contrast with darker legends.

Features

• Standing by Royal Crescent, you hear chilling stories of the Grey Lady and the phantom carriage, two of Bath's most talked-about apparitions.
• Your professional guide uses the curve of Royal Crescent and its nighttime atmosphere to frame these specific Grey Lady and phantom carriage stories, explaining where sightings are said to occur.
• An opportunity to share your own ghost stories opens up here, turning the group into storytellers as well as listeners and linking your experiences to the local legends.