Ettington Park hotel, Warwickshire, England
Look out for Lady Emma when you’re sipping your aperitif on the veranda – this Warwickshire hotel’s most frequently spotted ghost likes to lurk here at dusk. Thought to be the ghost of a former governess at the manor house, she’s also known to glide along the corridors at night in her long white gown before vanishing into the walls.
The imposing neo-Gothic mansion in the pretty Stour Valley sits on a very ancient site – archaeological evidence suggests a Roman villa used to be here. The original manor house was demolished and replaced with the building you see today.
It became a nursing home in 1935 and later a prisoner of war camp. After an extensive fire in 1979, the building was derelict for several years before being restored and reopened as a charming hotel in the 80s.
