Mapped: The most haunted region in the UK! 

UK Regions With The Most Paranormal Sightings

PsychicWorld.com can reveal that Yorkshire is the spookiest county in the UK! Yorkshire is home to 797 paranormal sightings up to date – 302% higher than the UK average! From headless women to scratching sounds, multiple paranormal activities fill the region with roaming spooky spirits. ‘The Original Ghost Walk of York‘ is known as one of the best spooky tours in England, attracting people around the world who love ghosts and dark history.

Ranking second is London with 701 paranormal sightings. Home to the ‘Red Lady’, ‘Highgate Vampire’, “Jack the Ripper”, and even haunted pubs, London is never short of spooky places for you to visit during Halloween. 

Essex came third place with 507 paranormal activities recorded so far. The county is the home of countless ghost stories that are told against the backdrop of the many historic buildings of the region, such as the Layer Marney Tower and Hadleigh castle. 

Following among the counties with the strongest paranormal presence are Sussex (438 sightings), Dorset (434 sightings) and Devon (418 sightings) respectively ranking fourth, fifth and sixth.

To date, South West England has a total of 2149 paranormal sightings recorded, highest among all regions in the UK! At the other end is Northern Ireland with 139 sightings on record. 

UK’s Most Prevalent Type of Paranormal Sightings

Ranking	Type of paranormal activities	Description	Records
1	Phantom Horses & Riders	Ghosts on phantom horses	526
2	Legends of Folklore	Appearance of mystery, legendary, or extinct animals	451
3	Fairies	Preternatural spirits appearing as little people	380
4	Shucks and Hell Hounds	Phantom dogs and hounds of folklore legends	374
5	Headless Ghosts	Ghosts manifesting with no head	370
6	Women in White	Female ghost dressed in white	349
7	Animal Ghosts	Spirits or ghosts of deceased animals	291
8	The devil	Manifestations of Satan	233
9	Hidden Treasure Guardian	Ghosts that guard treasure	231
10	Alien Big Cats	Phantom large black cat	200

The most prevalent type of paranormal sightings recorded in the UK is phantom horses & riders, such as horse drawn carriages and ghostly horsemen. 526 known sightings of phantom horses & riders have been recorded in the paranormal database across 59 counties.

Legends of folklore (451 sightings), fairies (380 sightings), shucks and hell hounds (374 sightings) and headless ghosts (370 sightings) are among the most prevalent paranormal sightings, respectively ranking second, third, fourth and fifth. 

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Methodology

1.PsychicWorld.com sought to find out which counties across the United Kingdom have had the highest number of paranormal sightings to date.

2.To do this, they scraped a total figure of 11,700 paranormal sightings for 59 counties across the UK, utilising a range of reputable online paranormal databases.

3.Counties were ranked in accordance with the total number of paranormal sightings recorded.

4.The types of paranormal sightings were also recorded, allowing PsychicWorld.com to rank the 27 different categories of paranormal sightings across the United Kingdom in accordance with the number of relevant instances.

5.Data was collected on the 4th October 2022 and is subject to change. 

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