Haunted Parks and Palaces of Westminster

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A dark trek past ghost-ridden palaces, curses trees and places in Green Park, St James Park and the haunted heart of Westminster. Gaze upon St James Palace, Clarence House and Buckingham Palace while hearing of their ghosts, linger not near the cursed trees, watch out for the phantom of Westminster Abbey and don’t blink while gazing upon the statue that moves.

This walk is part of the London Ghost Festival.

Meet at the Queens Walk gate, by Green Park tube station, at 6.30pm. This walk is through Green Park and St. James Park and to the dark side of some of its most famous buildings. It is an 1 hour- 1 hour 15 minute walk which ends at Parliament Square.

Scott Wood runs the South East London Folklore Society, is an expert walks guide and writer on London folklore and writes the regular Fortean London column on Londonist.