Alcester War Memorial Town Hall - Alcester, Warwickshire
Do you have what it takes to spend the night inside this 500 year old building?
Alcester War Memorial Town Hall is a magnificent Grade1 listed building situated in the heart of the historic Roman town of Alcester, Warwickshire. Notorious in the local area for the countless reports of paranormal activity within the building dating back to the 1900s, this is a ghost hunt not for the feint hearted!
Dating back to 1618 the building was originally commissioned as a market hall and was constructed from stone but later in 1641 a timber framed upper floor and magnificent roof was added, with the upper rooms being converted into a local court which tried tradesman for trading goods that weren't up to scratch. The hall's eerie basement housed a prison known as 'The Hole' and was once used to hold the outlaws and criminals of Alcester. 'The Hole' is still in place today and remained the town lock up until 1850 when a local police station was opened at Henley Street. Staff have reported items seemingly moving of their own accord from one place to another within the building accompanied by unexplainable loud bangs and thuds.
The town stocks were stored here and are on display on the ground floor, the stocks are supported on four iron wheels to allow them to be wheeled through the streets of Alcester for any undesirable of the town that needed to be publicly humiliated. Strange mists have been witnessed filling the ground floor of the hall along with drastic temperature changes and a heavy feeling of being watched. During the Great War the hall was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers and townspeople. Full apparitions of soldiers in period dress have been witnessed on the upper floors of the building gazing out from the windows. Do you dare to sit a while in complete darkness in ‘The Hole'? What spirits that haunt this historical hall will be watching you and make themselves known?
