Ghosts of Britain's Seaside Piers and Resorts

A ghost train operator still walks his old ride, decades after the clogs stopped. A murdered teenager runs along the sand in a crimson dress, every single summer. A theatre manager who died over a century ago has never quite taken her final bow.

For two hundred years, Britain's seaside resorts have been built for joy - piers stretching out over the waves, pleasure beaches lit up after dark, pavilion theatres packed for the summer season. But beneath the candy floss and the brass bands, generations of visitors, performers and staff have reported something else entirely: the ones who never left.

In Ghosts of Britain's Seaside Piers and Resorts, you will walk the boards of Blackpool's Pleasure Beach, stand where a real Spanish Armada prisoner died in a Torquay barn, and hear the bells of a village swallowed by the sea centuries ago. This collection gathers the genuine ghost stories of Britain's holiday coastline, from Southend's record-breaking pier to the clifftop smugglers' paths of Kent.

Step onto the prom and discover:

Cloggy Still Walks the Ghost Train: the ride operator whose footsteps still echo through Blackpool's most famous dark ride. The Pink Lady of Scarborough Beach: a Georgian murder victim, still running toward the sea. The Spanish Lady of Torre Abbey: a 1588 Armada prisoner's devotion that outlasted her own life. Captain Appleyard's Watch: the harbour master so beloved that even his successors kept smelling his pipe smoke.

Perfect for lovers of British seaside nostalgia, true ghost stories, and anyone who has ever walked a pier after the lights went out and felt they weren't quite alone, this book is your guide to the ghosts of the British holiday coast.

The season may end. Some guests, it seems, never check out.