Meet the UK's ‘festive' phantoms!

From tragic brides to ghostly bells and mysterious monks, here's our guide to the UK ghosts most likely to appear at Christmas

UK ghost tour If you're looking for some spooky fun this festive season, why not pay one of the UK's 'seasonal' ghosts a visit? You may even find yourself spoilt for choice. For the veil between the living and the dead is thought to thin around the Winter Solstice (21 Dec) making it more likely that you could spot a spook. Dr Paul Lee, author of UK Haunted Hospitality (Volumes 1 and 2), has investigated hundreds of reported sightings in pubs, restaurants, and overnight stays. ‘Surprisingly, there are more entries in my database for sightings of ghosts at Christmas than at any other time of the year, including Halloween,' he says. So for a ghostly encounter or two this December, he suggests heading to one of the UK's older towns,…

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