Haunted Margate

The former hotel was hit by German bombs during the Second World War.

Further damage was sustained in the 1953 Storm, the "George Inn" being flooded, and the water measured about 5 feet high inside the building.

The phantom woman observed here is thought to have been killed during the attack.

Said to be visited by Rose, a woman believed to have once worked as a servant in a building formally on the site.

A wraith-like figure is reputed to stalk the rooms and corridors. Caretakers have reported hearing whispering voices, loud disembodied footsteps, doors opening and closing by themselves and a general feeling of uneasiness.

Sailors who drowned on a rescue ship, the Victory, had used this pub and are said to haunt the inn.

The bar and cellar have had sightings of the ghost of a pale woman wearing a shroud.

Footsteps, lights flickering, curtains moving and doors slamming.

It' is believed that the previous owner/manager Sarah Thorne’s ghost has been seen, whilst another tale is that an actor who had been sacked returned, committing suicide by throwing himself from a viewing box into the orchestra pit.

Other paranormal activity includes a scream that begins back-stage, moves through the theatre and out the stage door. A sinister presence is also said to lurk under the stage.

Featured on TV's Most Haunted 2002.

A workman reported that the building he spent several years renovating in the square was haunted by an unseen entity.

He experienced a feeling as if 'walking into a cold shower' while in the basement, while a plumber on site left and refused to say why, even refusing to take payment for the work he had already completed.

Several ghost investigations have been held at the hotel and Room 310, which is said to be haunted.