Visit Haunted Inns and Hotels in St Albans

The White Lion

St. Annes Road, London Colney, St Albans, Hertfordshire

It is an ancient and widespread name for pubs and refers to the heraldry of Edward 4th or the earls of March and the dukes of Norfolk. It is a classic Georgian, early Victorian style of building, with exhibits ghostly manifestations. these include the tragic figure of a woman awaiting her lover. Authorities hanged him on nearby gallows. However, she still sits at an upstairs window peering through, hoping against hope. Frequently a shadowy face appears peering into a bar through a small window. When this ghost manifests, drinkers with their backs to that window abruptly jump up and stare. They then maintain they had been gripped at the shoulder by a powerful hand. On the stair rail to the cellar, sporadically appears a solid hand that then dissolves away.