Private Ghost Tours in York: Unveiling York's Gruesome Past

Experience a private ghost tour in York and uncover the city’s gruesome past. Hear chilling tales of executions, murders, the plague, and encounter the ghosts of York.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shambles - Learn the history of one of Europes oldest streets.
  • Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow - Hear the terrible fate of the women who went on to be a Catholic Saint.
  • Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate - Visit York’s shortest Street.
  • Bedern - Find out the history of Bedern and the spirits that still haunt the area.
  • **St William’s…
What's Included
  • Private tour
  • Hotel pickup (by foot, city centre hotels only)
  • Tour escort/host
  • Gratuities
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
  • Access to historical attractions.
  • Dinner
Additional Information

This is an exclusive tour which will only include your party, your guide, and the spectral inhabitants of York.
Your knowledgeable guide will regale you with stories of York’s macabre history - executions, homicides, pestilence, and hauntings, as we traverse some of the city’s eeriest locales.
The quoted price is for the entire group.
Being a private…

Location
Roman Bath
Saint Sampson's Square
Outside the pub.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Oliverhi4757aj
Nov 1, 2024
Great tour - We had a great tour with Nigel, he was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The route travels through many scenic streets and alleys.
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Caerphillyknight
Oct 30, 2024
Fab, Funny, inFormative, Factual and thoroughly fascinating! - What a fantastic way to spend a couple of hours in this glorious and ancient city. Nigel was very knowledgeable and got into character instantly. The tour took us around some very interesting spots around the city and Nigel heightened the experience with some gruesome tails along the way. We would very much recommend this to anyone thinking about doing a ghost tour and the intimate small group booking that Nigel conducts is SO much better than the very large groups you see trotting around the city like cattle and I’ve no doubt can’t hear everything that the guide is trying to say. No such trouble with Nigel, get a tour booked now! 😁👍🏻👻
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Stacy_w
Sep 24, 2024
Fun and interesting ghost tour - Nigel was fantastic! Even though there were only two of us, he made the tour energetic and entertaining. There was plenty of history, but delivered in a fun and interesting way. He was a great storyteller and we were both sad when the tour ended. Great tour and highly recommend!
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Dreamer63217657188
Aug 20, 2024
Absolutely fantastic tour - thank you Nigel! - We booked a private tour with Nigel in York and it was a fantastic experience from start to end! Nigel was so knowledgeable about so much history in York and he kept the energy up from start to finish. Thank you Nigel for a great evening would highly recommend to anyone looking for a more intimate personal experience vs some of the large tour groups.
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H0n0rm
Aug 10, 2024
Brilliant tour for a family group - including teens! - Nigel gave our family a fantastic tour, keeping everyone entertained with many ghostly stories and interesting facts about York. He was really friendly and engaged with all of us, including our teen. It was great to see some of the lesser known parts of York too. Thank you so much Nigel. We highly recommend your tour.
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Fruitbat7
May 23, 2024
Really good - Booked this ghost walk tour with friends (6) This was really good, our guide was knowledgeable, fun, interesting and would totally recommend for small groups.
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N8721pojanetc
Apr 27, 2024
Fantastic - highly recommended - The tour was fantastic , Nigel was informative, funny, and engaging. He walked at our pace and everyone in the group had a thoroughly great time - thank you so much
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Climber51627296178
Feb 21, 2024
Great ghost tour - Really interesting tour, the tour guide was very knowledgeable and funny. Made us feel very welcome definitely a 5 star experience would recommend.
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Q198qqwillw
Feb 16, 2024
Excellent experience - We booked the ghost tour as we have visited York many times for weekends away and seen the groups being lead around, we thought we might learn some history as well as doing some thing different but didn’t really think much of it! We was wrong! on meeting Nigel who had been very good with contact and info from the start, he was even better at capturing our imagination - he was dressed for the part, full of interesting stories, he really got into character and captivated his audience, he was also very knowledgeable on anything else we asked. We were very impressed and will definitely be recommending Nigel, excellent experience 👍
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Dmsadler
Jan 5, 2024
Exploring York’s dark underbelly - Loved this tour ran by Nigel into the history (both dark and light) of York. Nigel communicated beforehand to confirm the booking and meeting place which was helpful. He also kept to time by being at the meeting location and launched straight into the talk. We benefited from being a private group as well, having walked past a group of around 30 on a different tour we were very appreciative of the smaller and personal group size. The content was perfect for our group - the majority was ghostly tales but scattered in were plenty of historical facts about York. Our group learnt a lot! Overall, this is an awesome experience and Nigel is a consummate host. I (and the rest of my group) would highly recommend this tour!
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