A tourist attraction in Lancashire has been revealed as one of the most haunted in the UK.

Holidu, the search engine for holiday rentals, has rounded up a list of Britain’s most popular tourist attractions that also double as some of the most haunted sites in the whole country.

According to their findings, Blackpool Pleasure Beach is the third most haunted attraction in the UK and it’s said to be haunted by a clog-wearing spirit.

Using the database from Higgy Pop's Paranormal Hub, which has over 350 entries of scary sites all over the UK, the number of searches on Google in the past year was extracted to find out just which of these paranormal places are most popular with tourists.

Pleasure Beach began its scary story back in 1930 when the now-infamous ghost train first opened its doors, the first ride to ever use the name ‘Ghost Train’ - some might say that was tempting fate?

One of the original ride operators, nicknamed ‘Cloggy’, was dedicated to his role there, so dedicated that following his death over twenty years ago, he decided to still come back.

Mysterious footsteps, groaning sounds, scratching noises, and the sound of clog-laden footsteps are not unusual within the ride, noises which staff members insist are not part of the experience.

Ghost train aside, you can also expect to be spooked by a phantom hanging man and a blood-stained woman at other rides in the park.

If you’re brave enough, you can visit Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s ‘Journey to Hell’ Halloween event this month.

In the chilling event, Blackpool Pleasure Beach takes you forwards in time to the year of 2146, where a terrifying curse has taken over the theme park.

Tickets for the event cost £32 if you book online in advance and the event runs until 31 October.

Here is the full list of haunted attractions in the UK:

  1. British Museum, London - 135k+ searches
  2. The Tower of London, London - 110k+ searches
  3. Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - 110k+ searches
  4. Heathrow Airport, London - 110k+ searches
  5. Warwick Castle, Warwick - 110k+ searches
  6. Windsor Castle, Windsor - 90k+ searches
  7. Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh - 74k+ searches
  8. Clumber Park, Worksop - 49k+ searches
  9. Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh - 40k+ searches
  10. The University of St Andrews, St Andrews - 40k+ searches

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