Your Itinerary for Pendle Weekend

Your weekend will begin as soon as you arrive on the Friday at the Four Star Luxury Hotel and Spa.

After checking in and relaxing we will meet and greet before enjoying a delicious supper in The Portrait Room. After dinner you will have the opportunity to ghost hunt around the very haunted Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa using our ghost hunting equipment.. This includes some extremely active bedrooms, haunted stairways and large function rooms. The Dunkenhalgh Hotel has given us so much activity in the past and we know that this weekend will not disappoint. There will also be a demonstration of ghost hunting equipment for all those who are new to ghost hunting.

The more experienced ghost hunters will have the opportunity to take part in their own vigils during this time. On the Saturday morning after indulging in a delicious cooked breakfast you will join the coach and our famous historian, Simon Entwistle, for a detailed tour of the Pendle Witch area. This tour will take you to all of those areas that hold a real fascination for all those that are interested in the Pendle Witch story. We will be taking you to the Pendle Witch Museum where the story really takes hold and you can learn through video and memorabilia about the witches themselves.

After lunch at the historic Pendle Inn we will be moving onto the churchyard in Newchurch which holds a lot of prominence with the Pendle witches and their ancestors plus visiting the Pendle Witch Shop where the owner has dedicated herself to the Pendle Witch Story. Simon Entwistle will accompany us throughout the journey and bring to life this fascinating story. We will then arrive back at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa where you will have enough time to relax and take advantage of the spa facilities or take time out in your luxurious rooms and bar before again enjoying a delicious meal with the group.

The Saturday night ghost hunt with the Spooky Nights Team and Simon Entwistle will start at Clitheroe Castle where you will learn what the impact of the witches had on local residents. You will have the opportunity to investigate this haunted Castle, carrying out vigils and seances before moving onto Pendle Hill itself. Here you will be able to attempt to make contact with the witches and other ghosts and spirits that haunt this infamous hill.

This will include table tipping, Ouija Boards and seances. If the weather is raining then we will still attempt to go to the hill but you will have the option not to. In extreme weather conditions we will make alternative arrangements.

Your event includes:

2 nights bed, breakfast and evening meal at the 4 star Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa (single room supplement of £30 per night, this will be added at the time of your booking).  If a single booking is made we will automatically contact you. Ghost hunt on Friday Night at Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel. Coach tour on the Saturday of Pendle Hill with Simon Entwistle and team. Ghost hunt on Pendle Hill and Clitheroe Castle on Saturday night including all ghost hunting equipment and demonstration.

The overnight stay will include four star luxury accommodation, soup and sandwich supper, coach travel to Clitheroe Castle and midnight vigil on Pendle Hill with Simon Entwistle, ghost hunt in the hotel on return.

History of The Pendle Witches

The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area around Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft. All but two were tried at Lancaster Assizes on 1819 August 1612, along with the Samlesbury witches and others, in a series of trials that have become known as the Lancashire witch trials. One was tried at York Assizes on 27 July 1612, and another died in prison. Of the eleven who went to trial  nine women and two men were found guilty and executed by hanging; one was found not guilty.

The official publication of the proceedings by the clerk to the court, Thomas Potts, in his The Wonderful Discoverie of Witches in the County of Lancaster and the number of witches hanged together, nine at Lancaster and one at York, make the trials unusual for England at that time. It has been estimated that all the English witch trials between the early 15th and early 18th centuries resulted in fewer than 500 executions; this series of trials accounts for more than two per cent of that total. Six of the Pendle witches came from one of two families, each at the time headed by a woman in her eighties: Elizabeth Southerns (aka Demdike), her daughter Elizabeth Device, and her grandchildren James and Alizon Device; Anne Whittle (aka Chattox), and her daughter Anne Redferne. The others accused were Jane Bulcock and her son John Bulcock, Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, Alice Gray, and Jennet Preston.

The outbreaks of witchcraft in and around Pendle may demonstrate the extent to which people could make a living by posing as witches. Many of the allegations resulted from accusations that members of the Demdike and Chattox families made against each other, perhaps because they were in competition, both trying to make a living from healing, begging, and extortion. They are said to haunt the runis of Malkin Tower on Pendle Hill which is where we will be carrying out our overnight vigils. The Pendle Witch story is fascinating.

Your Event Includes

• Includes teas and coffees
• Supper included, please check your booking for information.
• Use of ghost hunting equipment including EMF Meters, K2 Meters etc.
• Experiments including glass divination, table tipping and Ouija Boards.
• Workshop and separate vigils for returning guests.
• Ghost hunting vigils and séances in small groups.
• Includes 2 nights of hotel accommodation

Address, Maps & Hotels

Address & Hotel Information

Dunkenhalgh Hotel Blackburn Road Clayton-Le-moors Accrington Lancashire BB5 5JP

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Parking

• Free Onsite Parking

Map & Directions

Information

Due to Covid-19, face coverings must be worn during the event.

Accessibility

• This location is not suitable for wheelchair users
• This location is not suitable for people with mobility issues or walking difficulties

Important

• All attendees must be 18 years or older
• All attendees must bring a torch
• Wear sensible shoes and warm layered clothing as the location may get cold at night