While ancient stately homes, old ruins and abandoned tend to spring to mind when thinking of haunted locations, paranormal activity has been known to occur elsewhere - including on the roads. Two Yorkshire roads have been named 24/7 Vehicle Rescue's most haunted roads in the UK, alongside routes from Scotland to Greater Manchester and Northumberland. These are the spooky and gruesome tales that have earned them such a title. Images are for illustrative purposes.
7. Northumberland: The A696 near Belsay
In August 2015, Gateshead-based radio presenters Rob Davies and Chris Felton had a run-in with a ghost dressed in RAF uniform on this remote rural road. He was seen signalling for a lift by the side of the road, but when the drivers turned around he was gone. Photo: Google
8. Scotland: The A75 ‘Kinmount Straight’
Dubbed the ‘most haunted highway in Scotland’, the A75 is apparently home to ‘screaming hags, eyeless phantoms and a menagerie of unearthly creatures’, according to local paranormal investigator Kathleen Cronie. The most famous sighting came in 1962, when a driver witnessed a chicken flying towards their windscreen before dematerialising, as well as giant cats and a furniture van that also disappeared into the ether. Photo: Google