Leeds Ghost Tour with Lord Bartholomew Catch
Overview
Leeds new ghost tour! Led by an actual ghost. The Leeds Ghost Tour begins at the Corn Exchange entrance and wanders around some of the most haunted places in Leeds.
It’s a walking theatre show with horror, history and hilarity, led by a ghostly nobleman: Lord Bartholomew Catch.
Expect miserable history: witches, peasants, murderers and more… Leeds really was ‘orrible back in the day.
We'll meet at 7pm for a pre tour drink before joining the public tour from the Corn Exchange at 8pm.
Includes
- Guided Ghost Tour
- Spice Host
Extras
- Drinks
The Route
1. The Corn Exchange - Meet your guide, Lord Bartholomew Catch, by the Corn Exchange’s grand entrance, and learn about a ghost or two who are said to linger…
2. Skull and Stones Yard - Brutish bullies roamed the streets of Leeds once upon a time, hear about an unfortunate pair of brothers’ not-so-smart escape-route.
3. The River Aire and Jenny White’s Hole - If you swim in the river Aire, you’ll always be swimming with a buddy…
4. The Lamb and Flag Inn - The most infamous witch in Leeds: Mary Bateman. See her former home and find out how she met her wicked fate.
5. Leeds Minster - It’s waaay more impressive than that tiny little Church in York… stand in the actual location of Leeds’ first murder.
6. Middleton Railway - The first railway line in the UK! Meet the Navvies who built it, and the first man to die on it.
7. Kirkgate Markets - It’s more than just a market…
8. Leeds Shambles - Fish Street - Once a stream of blood and fish guts, Leeds really wasn’t hygenic back in the day.
9. Cross/County Arcade - Time to meet our little friend! Learn about a store that is now long-gone, and was once labelled ‘the creepiest place in Leeds’.
10. The Ship Inn - Let’s add to this historic pub’s spirit collection!
11. City Varieties - Leave it to the thespians to complain about omens and ghoulish horrors!
12. Briggate - Now home to designer stores and boutique luxuries, you wouldn’t believe that this street was once home to the slums of Leeds…
Location & Itinerary
Your host will meet you in The Regent at 7pm for a pre tour drink (payable on the night) From here you will join the 1 hour tour from 8pm.
All booked will be text the hosts contact number prior to the event.
Host & Everything Else
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