BASILDON
Basildon holds some of the Borough’s most unsettling hauntings — from the strange activity in the hospital’s locked wards to the ghostly lady in red said to linger at Basildon Hall.
Church Lane is home to the famous red monk, a mist‑shrouded figure seen walking toward the graveyard at dawn, while Church Road carries tales of a ghostly girl and a headless coach thundering past on spectral horses. Even the A127 has its own legend: a phantom hitchhiker who vanishes from the back of passing vehicles.
Basildon may be a modern town, but its ghost stories reach deep into its past, and many of them still echo today.
If you’ve witnessed anything unusual in Basildon — or have a family tale passed down through the years — we’d be grateful to hear it and add it to the Haunted Borough archive.
A127
BOWLING
BASILDON HALL
The A127 is haunted by a hitchhiker who disappears.
A ghostly mechanic was said to haunt Ambassador Lanes.
Basildon Hall is home to the ghostly lady in red.
CHURCH ROAD
CRANES FARM ROAD
FRYERNS FARM
Church Road is home to a mischievous ghost.
Cranes Farm carries the tale of a roadside ghost who disappears.
A tragic spectre is said to have haunted a barn at Fryerns Farm.
HOLY CROSS
HOSPITAL
Holy Cross is home to a quiet, lingering spirit.
Lights and footsteps have been reported in locked wards.