Bolsover Castle - The Ruins & The Little Castle

A few years ago I was visiting Bolsover Castle, in Derbyshire, UK. It was Halloween, it was a special ghost tour and a small group of us walked around the grounds and castle armed only with our torches.

We heard stories of a grey lady who can sometimes be seen passing through an archway in the wall of the fountain garden.

Staff and visitors have reported feeling as though they have been touched or tickled and some have seen the ghostly figure of a small boy. Sometimes the sound of trotting horses and soldiers marching can be heard.

The main building is in ruins, I believe much was taken away when Bess of Hardwick moved to Hardwick Hall a few miles away. But the Little Castle is still standing and is very eerie to walk through at night. We were told that some visitors feel a tightness to their chest when passing through one room said to be haunted by the ghost of a housekeeper who lived there in the late 19th century who died of pneumonia.

When we reached the kitchen down at the lowest level we were told that a baby can sometimes be heard crying and the figure of a woman with a baby is seen regularly. It was rumoured that the baby was killed in the kitchens.

I don’t recall seeing or hearing anything unnatural, but it was an enjoyable spooky tour.