Frightful Folklore

A two-hour guided walking tour of Hoghton Tower exploring Lancastrian folklore, supernatural beliefs and haunted legends.

This two-hour walking tour delves into Lancastrian legends and folklore, exploring supernatural beliefs, rituals and superstitions of the past. Visitors are taken through the dark corridors of Hoghton Tower, the Underground Passages and the previously inaccessible East Wing, described as the most haunted part of the building. The tour covers tales of fairies, necromancy and haunted local roads, and is not suitable for anyone under 12, with under-16s accompanied by an adult.