Haunted Hotels in Coventry

This 12th-century former monastery has a long history full of deaths and hauntings. Abbot Geoffrey is said to have been murdered here in 1345 and his ghost, that of a hooded monk, has frequently been sighted wandering around the premises. If you hear footsteps on the cobblestone path near the stables, that is the ghost of Matilda, a gypsy girl who became pregnant by the former master of the house, who refused to take responsibility for his actions. The baby was born dead and Matilda's fury was so immense that she placed a curse on the house and her spirit still wanders around it, unable to find peace.

Ettington Park Hotel, housed in an impressive neo-Gothic mansion, used to be a Roman villa during antiquity, a nursing home during the 1930s and many more before it got destroyed in a fire in 1979 and completely renovated to become the hotel it is today. The ghost of Lady Emma, a former governess, is a regular visitor and is often seen wearing a long white dress before she disappears in the walls. Other ghosts include a monk and two young boys who drowned in the nearby river in the 1800s.