Dockyard After Dark: Ghost Tour
Selected dates from 9 Oct to 22 Nov 2025
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Step into the shadows of the Historic Dockyard on a torch-lit ghost tour that takes you beyond the everyday visitor experience. These after-dark tours uncover eerie tales and chilling truths from the Dockyard’s past.
Hear true accounts of historic deaths alongside spine-tingling stories told by Dockyard workers through the years. Hear about the mischievous Bobbin Boys said to play tricks on today’s Ropemakers, spectral horses whose hoofbeats echo long after they’re gone, and the ghostly women of the Spinning Rooms. Are they still weaving their stories even though the machines have long fallen silent?
Your journey will pause inside the Tarred Yarn Store, where a warm drink will be waiting, before continuing through atmospheric corners of the Dockyard.
Know before you go
- Tickets are £20 per person.
- This is a 90 minute walking tour over uneven surfaces.
- The tour takes in some spaces that are not usually open to visitors and are only accessible by steep stairs and steps. This might not be suitable for everyone.
- The tour will be primarily lit by torch light and at times your guide will encourage you to turn off your torch.
- Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing suitable for the weather. The Dockyard is on the River and exposed to the wind.
- These are real stories, told in real places, by real Dockyard workers. There are no fake props or staged scares. BUT, we cannot promise you won’t feel or hear something strange…
- The tour is suitable for over 18s only.
- This is a separately ticketed event and not included in an Dockyard annual ticket
Join us if you dare and discover the Dockyard’s haunted history after dark.
