The Hop Poles

320 Baker Street
Enfield
Middlesex
EN1 3LH
Greater London

History

This typical London pub has seen many changes over the years but remains a popular local football fans type-drinking hole. Although renown for being a hot spot for trouble, the owners are now re-launching its image as a family friendly pub.

Paranormal Activity

This typical London pub is famous for its resident ghost, George, a former glass collector who still pulls in the punters. Legend has it that potboy George was hit by a bus outside on the main road many years ago. He is now said to haunt the basement where it is said if anything were placed out of order, by the next day he would have moved it nearly to where it should be. Current owner Mr Irwin reports; “Everyone knows the pub and knows the story of the ghost. I think it’s quite a good laugh really. We always get people asking us ‘how’s George’. I’m down there most days but he hasn’t even said ‘hello’ to me yet. Apparently he moves stuff around but with all the renovation we’ve been doing, he could have helped us out.” Mr Irwin also claims that a camera crew, who were trying to film the haunted cellar, once ran out without their equipment after becoming too scared.

The Langham Hilton

1C Portland Place, Regent Street, London W1B 1JA

History

Paranormal Activity

The hotel is haunted by a male apparition, said to be the ghost of a German Prince who committed suicide from the balcony of the hotel in the early part of the 20th century.

Wood Street Compter

Wood Street Compter
Mitre Court
Wood Street
London

History

Built in 1555, Wood Street Compter in Mitre Court used to be a small prison that served as a debtors or general misdemeanours prison which in its time housed some famous prisoners such as Captain George Orrell, Catholic martyr George Napper, the poet Edmund Gayton and the highwayman James Hind. Severely damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the prison was eventually demolished in 1816 but the cellar has survived although in poor condition.

Paranormal Activity

Until recently the Four Vintners Off-Licence in Mitre Court leased the old cellar and used it for wine tasting evenings. In 1986 one assistant working late in the cellar talked of how she was violently pushed from behind but no one was there. Although the area is now padlocked and gated with access forbidden, people walking past late at night have often felt the feeling of being watched from the darkness below, whispers have also been heard from behind the locked door at the bottom of the steps.