There are plenty of pubs up and down the UK that claim to be haunted, and whether or not you believe in ghosts, this certainly makes it slightly more interesting to visit.
And after hearing stories of ghostly happenings at a pub near me, I just knew I had to pay a visit.
Known as one of Manchester‘s most haunted pubs and one that is said to have once been a brothel at that, the Peveril of the Peak is located on a triangular tract of land between Chepstow Street and Great Bridgewater Street.
Before heading to the pub on Saturday night, I met some friends at the cinema to watch Presence, Steven Soderbergh’s latest ghostly offering.
After the film finished, and we were sufficiently traumatised by it, it was time to continue on with the spooky events of the evening and head to the Peveril of the Peak.
People who have visited the Peveril of the Peak have reported seeing pint glasses levitate off the bar and fall into the glass wash, broken glass seemingly disappearing on its own, and chairs moving when no one’s near them.
Visitors who have had a bit too much to drink have also claimed that they’ve felt something kick them in the back – whether a ghost or just drunkenness, we may never know.
Arriving at the pub on a Saturday night was perhaps not the best plan of action, as it was completely packed, meaning it was rather difficult to spot any ghostly activity.
One of the reasons for this busyness became clear when we ordered a large glass of wine and two pints of beer, with the prices, while not super low, were definitely among the cheaper you could get in the city centre.
After finishing our drinks, we decided to head out of the pub, planning to return in the week to see if we could spot any spooky happenings when it was less busy.
When we returned on Wednesday, the pub was a lot quieter, but sadly, we still didn’t spot anything suggesting the presence of ghosts – maybe the spirits could tell we were looking and decided to hide.
The Peveril is certainly old enough to have a few ghosts within its walls, having first been registered as a public house in the 1830s, after which it had a rather varied history, and is rumoured to have been a brother for GIs (soldiers) during the Second World War.
Before heading out of the pub, I asked the bartender if she’d had any ghostly experiences, to which she said that while she’d heard rumours of the pub’s haunting, she hadn’t experienced anything herself.
However, she did when working at another pub in the city centre; she had some spooky experiences with glasses seeming to move themselves down the bar.
This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk
