Overview

A former workhouse and hospital with a long grisly past

Thackray Medical Museum Ghost Hunt

(Leeds Union Workhouse)

Leeds, West Yorkshire Ghost Hunt

Welcome to Thackray Medical Museum, the perfect destination for those seeking an unforgettable ghost hunt experience in Leeds.

This stunning 1861 building was once the Leeds Union Workhouse, a place of hardship, gruelling labour, and scarce food for those seeking refuge. Later, it became a hospital and saw successive epidemics that claimed numerous lives. To this day, the building is believed to be haunted, with many people reporting supernatural occurrences on its premises. With a long and fascinating history, Thackray Medical Museum is the perfect location for a ghost hunt, featuring vast spaces to explore and long, dark, creepy corridors that are sure to make your heart race. What will you discover in the dead of night at Thackray Medical Museum? With an array of eerie stories and sightings reported here, this is the perfect destination for thrill-seekers and paranormal enthusiasts. Join us on an adventure through the museum’s halls, uncovering the mysteries of this historical landmark and potentially coming face to face with ghosts from the past.

With experienced guides and state-of-the-art equipment, you’ll have all the tools you need to delve into the unknown and witness things that can’t be explained.

Book your ghost hunt at Thackray Medical Museum with Haunted Houses Events, and get ready for an unforgettable experience in Leeds. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore one of the most haunted locations in the area. Join us if you dare!

We look forward to welcoming you to this amazing location, for a night not to be missed!

INCLUDED IN YOUR THACKRAY MEDICAL MUSEUM 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.
• – Car parking onsite.
• – A great evening of ghost hunting at an infamous Leeds site.

NOTE BEFORE BOOKING YOUR GHOST HUNT

• – This location is perfectly 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.
• – Hotels near to the Thackray Museum? check here
• – Please be sure that you can attend the date, because all bookings are non-refundable or transferable.

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Reported Ghosts

There have been reported sightings of a 19th century woman known as the grey lady and a white-coated doctor walking the dark corridors. People have reported being grabbed and touched by unseen hands. Others have witnessed poltergeist activity, loud footsteps, whispers and crying, knocking, banging, as well as rapid changes in temperature. This location has also provided great readings/responses from various paranormal electronic equipment.

Venue History

Thackray Medical Museum sits inside a grade 2 listed building, originally built in 1861 as the former Leeds Union Workhouse and accommodated 784 paupers. A harsh and unforgiving life of long hours and meagre meals awaited those who came looking for work.

Over the years new buildings were added to the workhouse complex including a separate infirmary. By the end of the 19th century, needs had changed, and the buildings had become largely used for medical care of the poor, rather than workhouse and training. A series of epidemics ravaged the infirmary, claiming the lives of many of the hospital’s patients.

During the first World War it was known as East Leeds War Hospital, caring for army personnel, and In 1925 was renamed St James’s Hospital. By 1945 the rest of the workhouse had merged with the hospital and it became part of the NHS in 1948. In the 1990s the building was considered unfit for modern medicine. Due to it’s listed status the building could not be demolished and permission was granted for it to house the Thackray Medical Museum.

The origins of the museum can be traced to Great George Street, Leeds, 1902, where Charles Thackray opened a small family-run chemist shop. In less than a century the corner shop grew into one of Britain’s principal medical companies, Chas F Thackray Limited, manufacturing drugs and medical instruments and pioneering the hip replacement operation. In the 1980s Charles Thackray’s grandson Paul Thackray established a small collection as an archive of the Leeds-based medical supplies company.