Overview

A grand, beautiful stately home on the outside. The inside barely a shadow of its former self, neglected and decaying. An enormous location with over 100 rooms spread over 4 floors. Get ready for an exciting adventure at Hickleton Hall.

Hickleton Hall Ghost Hunt

Doncaster, South Yorkshire Ghost Hunt

Welcome to our Ghost Hunt at Hickleton Hall, the perfect experience for any paranormal enthusiast in or around Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Our team is dedicated to providing you with an unforgettable evening, filled with excitement, intrigue, and spine-chilling encounters. Explore the labyrinthine corridors of this stunning 18th-century Georgian stately home, once used by Lords, as a POW camp during WWII, and as a nursing home.

With over 100 rooms and four floors to discover, you’re sure to encounter plenty of ghostly spirits. Equipped with the latest scientific ghost hunt equipment, including Ouija boards, glass divination, table tipping, and lone vigils (where available), you’ll interact with the spirits and try to find answers to your questions.

Our experienced paranormal hosts will guide you through the haunted halls of Hickleton Hall and share the location’s rich history and legends with you. Book your tickets and enjoy exclusive access to the building for a truly unforgettable experience. Don’t wait any longer to immerse yourself in the mysterious world of ghost hunting in South Yorkshire. Join us for a night of thrills and chills that you’ll never forget.

INCLUDED IN YOUR HICKLETON HALL GHOST HUNT

• – Unlimited hot and cold drinks.
• – Use of ghost hunting equipment.
• – Victorian experiments including Ouija Boards.
• – Experienced and friendly hosts.
• – A group discussion of findings at the end.
• – Free car parking onsite.
• – A great evening of ghost hunting at an infamous Leeds site.

NOTE BEFORE BOOKING YOUR GHOST HUNT

• – This location is not suitable for wheelchair users.
• – This is a real ghost hunt, not a ghost walk/history tour.
• – All attendees must be 16 years or older.
• – Not suitable for pregnant people.
• – Nearby Hotels check here
• – Be sure you can make the date. All Bookings are non-refundable or transferable.

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Reported Ghosts

There have been sightings of an apparition of a grey lady staring out of one of the windows on the 2nd floor. Disembodied voices, phantom footsteps have been heard. There is an uneasy feel to the basement level, particularly to one end of the building, a sense of fear came across one of the team members in a certain room down there when they were performing an initial visit to the location. The door shut in front of them leaving them alone in the room in pitch black, and despite trying several times, their phone torchlight wouldn’t turn on, leaving them feeling around for the exit. At this point there was a strange smell and the sudden uneasy feeling of a presence close by that made them freeze on the spot. As soon as they were out of the room their phone torchlight started to work again.

The 2nd Viscount Halifax at Hickleton Hall was said to have an avid interest in the supernatural world, he loved collecting ghost stories and would often read them to his sons and daughters which left them terrified walking through the corridors at night, which then would have been lit by oil light. The Earl of Halifax later published his father’s ghost story collection into one book, entitled Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book. Lord Halifax the 2nd Viscount died at Hickleton Hall and with his keen interest in the supernatural maybe this will make a stronger connection for communication or even a full apparition sighting.

St. Wilfrid’s Church sits close by on the land of Hickleton Hall and there have been several sightings and ghosts caught on camera. There are 3 skulls set behind a grill in the lychgate that are said to be of three sheep rustlers that were hung nearby. A lot of paranormal activity has been documented at the crossroads that sit next to the church and just off the driveway to Hickleton Hall. A ghostly figure on horseback, a headless man and two ghostly figures wearing old fashioned clothing.

Venue History

Hickleton Hall is a grade II listed Georgian stately home in Hickleton, South Yorkshire. It was built between 1745-1748 for Godfrey Wentworth who bought the estate in 1730. In 1775 he extended the house, adding two single story wings on either side and a servant’s wing. When he died in 1789 the house was inherited by his grandson Godfrey Wentworth Armytage, who later changed his name to Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth. His failed banking business led to the property being sold.

In 1828 the property was purchased by Sir Francis Lindley Wood and remained in the Wood family until 1947. On Sir Francis’ death in 1846 the house passed to his son Charles Wood, who became Chancellor of the Exchequer and was created Viscount Halifax in 1866. He died at the hall in 1885. The property then passed down to his son Charles Lindley Wood who became the 2nd Viscount Halifax and after his death at the hall in 1934 to his son Edward Wood. Edward was the 3rd Viscount Halifax, Viceroy of India 1926-129, Foreign Secretary to PM Neville Chamberlain in the early years of the Second World War and created Earl of Halifax in 1944.

After the resignation of Neville Chamberlain from Prime Minister Lord Halifax was seen as a leading candidate for replacement and at Hickleton Hall he plotted his leadership bid against Sir Winston Churchill. He later realised that Churchill would make a superior war leader, and pleading ill, health he withdrew.

During the Second World War, Hickleton Hall was the headquarters of the “First Corps” after the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and then a Prisoner of War Camp housing mainly German and Italian prisoners. Remnants of the concrete hut bases were unearthed on the estate in 2014, whilst searching for prehistoric remains.

In 1947 the Halifax family moved to their other estate at Garrowby and leased Hickleton Hall as a girl’s school to St. Hilda’s Church of England school until 1961 when the hall was run as a nursing home by Sue Ryder Care. The nursing home continued to operate until 2012. The following years of neglect and vandalism have left the house in a major state of disrepair.