Halloween countdown of Derbyshire's most haunted places

Built upon the ruins of a Norman fortification, the oldest part of the castle as we know it today dates back to 1612, founded by Sir Charles Cavendish.
With a rich history dating all the way back to the 11th Century, the site has many spooky stories to tell.
The most haunted room of the castle is known as ‘Mrs Robbin’s Room’, named after the 19th Century housekeeper who died there.
Visitors often see her ghostly form standing in the room wearing a black dress with her hair in a bun.
Numerous sightings have been made of a young girl in the kitchens of the Little Castle. She is often seen walking down the stairs into the kitchen, where she tosses an unknown bundle into the fire.
One of the saddest stories from the castle is of a little boy in the gardens who is only ever seen by children below the age of six. Youngsters who visit the castle can often be seen with their arm outstretched as if they are holding hands with someone and many believe it is the ghost of a youngster who is looking for a friend to play with.
Other spooky goings on at the castle include lights and sounds of horses from the riding school.
Visitors who have taken photographs in the Pillar Parlour have found to their horror a ghostly figure of a cavalier in the picture, who is believed to be William Cavendish.

Dorothy Vernon, the heiress of Haddon Hall, is believed to haunt the 12th Century building. It’s also apparently haunted by a blue woman, a young boy and a monk.
Henry VII’s first son, Arthur, was known to visit the house often. It was upon one such visit in 1501 when the young prince was resting on the banks of the River Wye when an apparition of a women dressed in white warned him that he would soon make a widow of his bride-to-be Catherine of Aragon. Sure enough, just four months after their marriage, Arthur died, leaving both his throne and his bride to his brother Henry VIII.

In the 1800s, workmen uncovered a coffin under the floorboards of one of the bedrooms at the hall.
There was no body in the coffin, only scraps of clothes and hair. Several people who slept in that room have reported being woken by
cold kisses and it is subject to sudden drops in temperature.
The sound of someone crying from a neighbouring room has also been reported.
Another ghost believed to inhabit the 17th Century mansion is that of a servant girl with grey hair who is wearing a blue dress and a white cap. There have been sightings of her walking in one of the corridors and disappearing when she arrives at the base of where an old staircase was, which has long since been removed.

With the village’s gruesome past, it stands to reason that Eyam should be plagued with things that go bump in the night.
A lady in a blue smock is said to haunt one of the plague cottages and has been known to wake people in the middle of the night.
One of the most haunted buildings in the village is the Miners Arms pub, which was rebuilt following a fire in 1629 in which two young girls perished.
Footsteps have been heard, as well as girlish giggling. Guests staying overnight have complained about doors being opened and closed.

Recordings have been made of mysterious harpsichord music coming from a ghostly source.
The north east bedroom has a history of being haunted going back at least a hundred years and with research it was discovered that Robert Revell, the Squire, was murdered in
his bed by two of his servants.
Both the current owners and their guests have heard the furniture in rooms above them being moved about and footsteps across the drawing room when there is no one there.