The most haunted Airbnbs in the UK for Halloween 2025

Location: Great Dunmow

Reviews say you have to see this place in person to believe it, and we don’t doubt it. Decorated in Scottish Art Nouveau style, this Airbnb will feel like you’ve stepped into an old spooky novel. In fact, the room is decorated like the bed chamber of a seven-year-old Edwardian child, no less, complete with books and toys. Plus, you get access to the entire haunted house too while you’re there. This is a real immersive experience. You can book in for two or bring all your pals. If you’re looking for something really spooky, this is the place. 

Price per night? Around £166

Rooms? One. Sleeps two guests.

Mood? It's giving Bellatrix Lestrange's bedroom.

Spook factor? 👻👻👻

Location: Plowden

Set within the Shropshire Hills in the isolated, solitary England countryside near the Welsh border, Warren Bothy cottage has no nearby neighbours or road access for quick getaways should you come across the paranormal. However, in the age of convenience and modern amenities, the real terror of this Airbnb is the necessity of self-reliance. Your only heat source is a log burner. Your only food source is whatever you bring that you can keep in a cooler (bring ice) and cook on a small hob, and the only hot water is in your outdoor shower. But it’s worth the risk to get off grid, tell some fireside ghost stories and get lost in the night sky. Just don’t actually get lost. No one will hear you. Scariest bit? No wifi either.

Price per night: Around £164 per night. Two-night minimum.

Rooms? One mezzanine bedroom. Sleeps two guests.

Mood? Picture the interior of the home that The Dursley’s flee to when escaping Hogwarts’ owls.

Spook factor? 

Location: Isle of Wight

This lighthouse cottage might look nice enough (if a little isolated…) but it’s surrounded by some seriously spooky history. St Catherines Lighthouse is situated just outside of the hamlet of Niton, the southernmost point of the Isle of Wight. The lighthouse was the scene of a tragedy during WW2 where its three keepers were killed by a bomb, and they were buried at the nearby church. It is said their ghosts still walk the grounds, but apart from that it's delightfully modern, bright and spacious. 

Price per night: £311 per night. Three-night minimum.

Rooms? Three. Sleeps five guests.

Mood? Lighthouse thrills.

Spook factor? 👻

Location: Dollar

Come for the spooky exterior, stay for the spectacular design within. Dollarbeg Castle is mistakenly haunted looking from the outside, but it’s actually a super cosy stay for four. The castle was built in 1890 after it was acquired by William Henry Dobie, but it went on to house the RAF during World War 2. With two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, three bathrooms, a dining room and a huge back garden, this is the perfect place for an absolutely mega Halloween-themed game of hide and seek. 

Price per night: £273 per night. Two-night minimum.

Rooms? Two. Sleeps four guests.

Mood? Creepy castle vibes.

Spook factor? 👻👻

Location: North Yorkshire

Okay, so this place is pretty nice now that it’s been refurbished, but what could be creepier than staying in an old Fever Hospital from 1910? And that’s not all its history as a building – prior to being a hospital, it was also a rope mill (with the original wheel still in place) and a dairy. The hosts make no mention of passing ghosts, but we wouldn’t be surprised if there was something supernatural still lurking around. 

Price per night: £640 per night. Two-night minimum. 

Rooms? Five. Sleeps 12 guests.

Mood? Stunning but spooky.

Spook factor? 👻

Location: North Yorkshire

This Airbnb is known as ‘the madness chamber’, and it frequently makes it onto lists of the most haunted stays in the whole world. It’s 600 years old and known to be eerily silent. You rent the entire home, with fantastic rustic interiors and two bedrooms – one of which you share with the phantom of a headless woman, according to some reviews. Of course, York is the most haunted city in Europe, so you’ll most definitely want to brace yourself for a visit from a ghost or two…

Price per night: £150-176 per night. Two-night minimum.

Rooms? One. Sleeps four guests.

Mood? For things that go bump in the night.

Spook factor? 👻👻

Location: Scottish Borders

Up in the forest above the River Tweed, you’ll find Neidpath Castle where Mary Queen of Scots used to lay her head; but it’s not her ghost you’ll be shacking up with. The castle was owned by Sir William Douglas in the late seventeenth century, who banned his daughter Jean from marrying the man she loved. She lay sick and staring out the window, praying for her lovers’ return – but when he did, he didn’t recognise her, and rode on past. Jean died from the anguish, but her ghost remains at the castle, sporting a long brown dress with a white collar. Make sure you say helloo-oo!

Price per night: £457-673 per night. Two-night minimum during Christmas and New Year. 

Rooms? One. Sleeps two guests.

Mood? Boo-tifully enchanting.

Spook factor? 👻👻