London Ghost Tours
This is the most haunted city on earth.
There are things going bump in the night all over this city. We have centuries of haunted history of London tales to share with you. Halloween is the ideal night to scare yourselves silly on a ghost tour or to experience some seriously scary true tales of London’s gruesome history. This year, Halloween’s on a Saturday so you can start with the spookiness before nightfall too.
You can get your ghostly fix throughout the year, not just at Halloween. We run haunted London tours and gory history walks all the time! But are you brave enough to set foot in London’s most haunted locations? Will you come face to face with ghosts of London?
Halloween Tours 2026
We interrupt this programme with a special announcement: when Halloween season rolls around we always lay on extra London ghost tours. The historic city of London comes to life with phantoms and spectres during Halloween, so let us take you through dark alleyways and hidden courtyards to haunted locations with gruesome tales to chill you to the core.
Ghosts of the Old City Halloween Special
The very street names – Aldersgate, Cloth Fair, Charterhouse, Threadneedle – take us far back. We’re alone… Or are we? For this is the hour when the She-Wolf of France glides through the churchyard, the hour when the dark figure on Newgate wall rattles his chains. We’re on their trail… Or are they shadowing us? This haunted tour of Old London is sure to raise the hairs at the back of your neck.
Think of this as your Halloween warm-up walk. Join our award-winning tour guides on Sunday 25th October, 4pm start time, for this Halloween special Old City ghost walk. Meet by St Paul’s Cathedral, at exit 2 of St Paul’s underground station. Book now!
Jack The Ripper Tour
Halloween is an ideal night to discover the terrifying, dark history of London’s east end in Victorian times. Jack The Ripper – the most famous serial killer in the world – came out of the midnight shadows into London. We go where he went during “the autumn of terror.”
Our Jack the Ripper Tour is a truly immersive experience. What you’ll see and hear will “haunt” you for the rest of your life. And our expert guides will bring to life the horrors that befell Jack the Ripper’s victims.
On 31st October 2026, we shall run two of these great tours. Our classic Jack The Ripper Walking tour starts at 7.30pm. The meeting point is at Tower Hill Underground station. If you’d prefer to take this blood-stained walk before nightfall, join our matinee tour at 3pm.
Our ever popular Jack the Ripper tour runs every night at 7.30pm, with a Saturday matinee at 3pm. Book now!
In addition, there will be our VIP small group tour of Jack The Ripper’s London. Expert guide, Richard Walker recounts this gruesome history like no other. And the small group means you get more time for questions, for stories and for gory details. This tour meets at Whitechapel underground station at 7pm. Book now!
A few days before Halloween, on Sunday 26th October, we’re running a special tour. Ulrike’s Women of the Abyss – the Victims of Jack the Ripper walking tour turns the focus away from Jack and onto his victims – Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. This unique tour starts at Aldgate tube station at 10.45am. Book now!
Disastrous London
This guided tour may not sound ghostly, but it’s seriously chilling! It’s packed full of grisly deaths, plague, churchyards overflowing with bodies, and even a zombie apocalypse.
This grisly walk explores the Dark Side of London, the Sinister London. London’s gruesome history. We’ll take you through central London’s historical alleyways, centuries-old architecture, the Tower of London, maybe the odd historic pub and, ahem, filthy street names.
This London history tour will take place on Saturday 31st October at 2.30pm from Barbican Tube Station. It also runs year-round on Saturdays afternoons.
Ghosts of the Old City
Forget sitting in front of a horror movie on a Saturday night. Walk the walk and explore London at its most eerie. We’ll walk through the city streets, hearing chilling tales of shadowy figures like the She-Wolf, the Black Nun and the dark figure on Newgate wall. This haunted London walking tour is sure to give you goosebumps. If you love to hear ghoul and ghost stories, and tales of paranormal activity and haunted places in this part of London, this one’s for you.
On Saturday 31st October at 7.30pm, you can join our Ghosts of the Old City tour at St Paul’s underground station. It also runs every Saturday evening at 7.30pm.
The Heart of the City
Ok, so this isn’t technically a London ghost tour. Yes, you’ll see the smart, sleek new City buildings and hear their stories. But there’s 2000 years of history here. So what lies beneath? What lurks in those dark alleyways? You’ll hear haunted London tales along with fascinating facts about the city now. Join our super knowledgeable Heart of the City guide at 2pm on 31st October and every Saturday throughout the year.
Harry Potter Film Locations in the City
Curious to know where the ghosts and goblins in the Harry Potter movies were filmed? We’ll take you on a tour from Bank to Borough Market and beyond. On the way, our film buff guides will show you the hidden places that became part of movie magic.
The Harry Potter film locations tour takes place at 11am on Saturday 31st October and every Saturday morning.
London Walks Year-Round Ghost Tour
Pirates, Press-Gangs and Execution Dock
Find your sea legs and sail into the past! On this tour, we walk along the River Thames from Dead Man’s Hole to Execution Dock (the names give you a clue of what happened there!). We’ll pass ancient smugglers’ taverns where press-gangs dragged men off to sea. And, we’ll hear about the immortal sails of ghost ships including the infamous Cutty Sark.
We run this tour as a special, but it’s also available as a private walk if you so desire.
Gruesome London, Ghostly London
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Talking full-on medieval. Talking alleyways like hideaways. Talking places where things went south big time. Talking peeling back layers to reveal something else. Something – several somethings – seriously nasty. Talking torture and ‘bring out your dead” and the faint, sickly smell of rotting flesh. Talking murder and remnants and revenants and creepy churchyards and slurry in the night “filth” cart.
Ghosts, Gaslight & Guinness
Coming back soon – ask us about a private tour
Buckingham Palace? Westminster Abbey? Bah, humbug – let’s get real. This is the most haunted city on earth. There must be a thousand resident ghastly ghosts and/or weird, supernatural goings-on in haunted houses between London Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. This walk is necromancy in the dead centre – dead being the mot juste – of the city whose very mist is like a sigh from a graveyard. From a lunatic asylum to a haunted historic pub to the First World War officer spattered with mud (near Trafalgar Square, he’s in the wrong place and at the wrong time). So if wayfaring to the rebecks of eternity is your thing, step this way…
Are London ghost tours suitable for children?
Our London ghost walks do include some pretty gruesome tales. So their suitability all depends on the age and sensibility of your child. All children must be accompanied by an adult on our London walking tours. Please contact us if you have specific questions.
Reviews
“The Ghost Walk Tour (with Adam) was great fun! It’s an informative and entertaining peek into some of London’s macabre history and folklore. Adam is a captivating storyteller and a personable walking host (he was very good with the tiny children of our group, too, who otherwise might have been a bit too scared by the gruesome tales); the time flew by! I also loved the Jack the Ripper tour (with Shaughan), which I took last year. A London Walks tour is now a staple in my semi-annual holiday to London.” – Barbara (Tripadvisor)
We did the ghost tour for my birthday and it was fantastic. The perfect mix of history, facts and great storytelling. They have covid secure measures in place which made us feel safer. Adam was an excellent tour guide! Couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend my birthday evening.” – Caitlin
Private tours
We run a ton of private walks. If you want a private Ghost Walk – or any other London Walk for that matter – it’s also easy peasy. Just give Fiona or Noel a ring on 020 7624 3978 – or email us at [email protected] – and we’ll set it up for you and make it happen.
Maybe you want to know about who’s buried in Westminster Abbey or the most haunted spots in the West End. You may be fascinated by the likes of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber. Or maybe you’d like to explore London’s haunted houses and pubs. Let us know your ghoulish penchant, and we’ll work out the best private tour for you and your devilish pals.
You go private you can have whichever walk you want whenever you want it – you don’t have to cleave to the public walks schedule. We’ll suit your convenience, tailor it to your requirements, make your own itinerary. You want it with pub stops, no problem. You want it longer – or shorter – no problem. You want it with special effects – no problem. You want it with a guide in costume – no problem. Well, you get the idea. And what’s perhaps most of all to the point, we’ll make certain the guide-group “fit” is well-nigh perfect.
Goes without saying that a private London Walk – with a world-class guide – makes a brilliant – and unusual – Christmas present or birthday gift for a partner, family member, friend or colleague.