Types of paranormal and unearthly phenomena experienced and reported in Pluckley, Kent, renowned as England’s most haunted village!

Screaming:

Location: Pluckley – Area around the Brickworks, Pluckley Heath

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: 1991

Further Comments: To hear the screaming ghost is not uncommon in this area, and is reported to be quite bloodcurdling.



Flickering Light:

Location: Pluckley – Church of St Nicholas

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: Sounds of knocking can be heard coming from beneath the church at night, often accompanied by a flickering and fluttering light inside the empty building. Some say the light belongs to Lady Dering, buried within three lead coffins in an attempt to prevent her decay. The churchyard is reputed to be haunted by a red lady, wandering the area in search of her missing baby. Finally, the inside of the church is also said to be haunted by a woman in mid-twentieth century clothing.



Victorian Woman:

Location: Pluckley – Dering Arms public house

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: This pub is said to be home to a phantom woman in Victorian clothing who lurks by the bar.





Pleased to Meet you…

Location: Pluckley – Devil’s Bush

Type: Legend – Old Nick

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: An unknown bush in the village can be used to summon the Devil, by dancing three (or thirteen) times around it, and / or saying (or not saying) a spell.



Headmaster:

Location: Pluckley – Dicky Buss’s Lane

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: 1965

Further Comments: Taking his own life in the 1800’s, the phantom headmaster was observed by an author in the mid twentieth century; the entity wore stripy trousers and an old coat.



Walker:

Location: Pluckley – Elvey Farm Hotel

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: Blamed for poltergeist activity, a phantom walker is said to frequent the farm house. There is also reports of a haunting smell, that of burning yarn or wool.



Dying Highwayman:

Location: Pluckley – Fright (aka Frith) Corner

Type: Environmental Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: A large spectral tree has been seen here, together with a highwayman pinned to it by several swords. On other occasions, an elderly phantom woman is spotted; thought to be a gypsy woman, she accidentally set herself on fire with her pipe while sleeping.



Miller:

Location: Pluckley – Mill Hill, location where ruined mill once stood, near the Pinnock

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: This location is haunted by both a miller and a gypsy woman, the latter said to have burnt to death on the site.



Colonel:

Location: Pluckley – Park Wood (no longer standing)

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Pre 1965?

Further Comments: This woodland, levelled in 1965, was home to a phantom officer who had hanged himself on the site.



Tutor Lady:

Location: Pluckley – Rose Court

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: This reputed female phantom could be heard calling out for her hounds, although it is said that she has not been heard for many years. The woman is said to have committed suicide by eating poisonous berries.

Screams:

Location: Pluckley – Screaming Woods

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: A local legend says that the screams which emerge from the woodland belong to those who became lost and died amongst the trees.





Dog Walkers:

Location: Pluckley – Station Road, area around Greystones House

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Couple unknown, monk reported seen in 1971

Further Comments: Victims of the all-too-common love triangle that ends in suicide, this couple and their little dog can be heard walking and chatting down this area of the road. Greystones itself is reputedly home to a phantom monk.



Invisible Hand:

Location: Pluckley – The Black Horse Public House

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: 1980s onwards

Further Comments: This non alcoholic spirit moves items across the bar, tidies, and sometimes hides coats and wallets. The site is also home to disembodied screaming.



Horses & Carriage:

Location: Pluckley – The main village street

Type: Haunting Manifestation

Date / Time: Unknown

Further Comments: Seen trotting down the main street, the history of the carriage pulled by two horses (or four, depending on the source) is unknown.



Taxi Fare:

Location: Pluckley – Unnamed road in village

Type: Unknown Ghost Type

Date / Time: Late twentieth century

Further Comments: A taxi driver reported seeing a man on the roadside who flagged the taxi down. The fare climbed into the back of the cab, but when the driver turned round to ask his passenger where he was heading, he found the car empty.





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