Berkeley Castle

Berkeley
Gloucestershire
GL13 9BQ

History

The same family has lived in Berkeley Castle for over 900 years. It is where history has been made. Where Edward II was murdered, where the Barons of the West gathered before Magna Carta and where Queen Elizabeth I hunted and played bowls. Where other Castles were romanticised or "modernised" by the Georgians or the Victorians, Berkeley quietly survived as what it is: a Norman fortress with an enclosing curtain wall, built and enlarged through the mediaeval period and beyond into a secure, comfortable, substantial home.

Paranormal Activity

This castle is reported to be haunted by the ghost and screams of Edward II who was tortured to death at the castle with a red-hot poker. His agonising screams are said to be seen and heard at night.

Former home of vaccine inventor Dr Edward Jenner

Berkeley
Gloucestershire

History

Graffiti adorns this former home of vaccine inventor Dr Edward Jenner from soldiers previously billeted in the attic rooms from the 19th and 20th Centuries. Dr Edward Jenner, who was born in 1749, is credited with inventing vaccination. He lived in the Grade II listed building from 1785 until his death in 1823 and it was here that he pioneered world-changing vaccination against smallpox.

Paranormal Activity

This former home of vaccine inventor Dr Edward Jenner is famous for a strange photograph that seems to show a portly, 18th Century man sitting in a chair between two beds in the attic taken by a BBC reporter. The attic rooms previously closed to the public is now opening it up for visitors.

Cardynham Guest House

Tibbiwell Street
Painswick
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL6 6XX

History

Paranormal Activity

There have been rare sightings of a woman standing on the landing at this guest house as well as her appearing in one of the rooms and even being caught on camera!