Dover Castle

Kent · United Kingdom · Castle

A headless drummer boy is said to walk the tunnels — murdered and beheaded while carrying a sum of money.

Dover Castle in Kent, "the key to England", rests on a web of tunnels. Its most famous ghost is a headless drummer boy who, by legend, was murdered and beheaded while carrying a sum of money through the passages. His drumming is still heard on the battlements. The castle is one of England’s most talked-about haunted sites.

FAQ

Where is Dover Castle located?

Dover Castle is in Kent, United Kingdom.

More haunted places in Kent

• Greyfriars Kirkyard: Covenanters' Prison and the Black Mausoleum Skottland, Edinburgh · Cemetery
• All Hallows by the Tower: The Church That Received the Beheaded England, London · Church
• St Giles' Cathedral and the Heart of Midlothian Skottland, Edinburgh · Church
• Greyfriars Bobby Skottland, Edinburgh · Urban site
• Shooter's Hill London · Road
• Cross Bones Graveyard London · Cemetery
• White Webbs, Enfield Chase — the Gunpowder Plot's hiding place London · Forest
• 284 Green Street — the Enfield Poltergeist London · House

Image: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons