Search for the most haunted places in the UK and you’ll find castles, pubs and abbeys. We looked at people’s homes instead, using EPC data, HM Land Registry records and the same property data our customers rely on every day, across over 30 million residential properties in Britain. The most haunted is LL24, around Betws-y-Coed in Eryri (Snowdonia). Each home gets a Spook Score built from real characteristics, such as how old it is, how it’s built and how close the neighbours are.
Most haunted postcode: LL24, Betws-y-Coed, with a Spook Score of 49.01 against a Great Britain average of 33.35.
Most haunted town: Llandysul in Ceredigion (45.25), with West Wickham in Bromley a surprise third.
Best for trick-or-treating: Westminster, with 323 homes within roughly 100 metres of the typical home.
Best for zombie survival: South Holland in Lincolnshire, holding out for 30.65 days.
Betws-y-Coed tops the ranking of postcode districts, ahead of Eskdale in the Lake District and Hartfield in East Sussex.
1. LL24, Betws-y-Coed, Eryri (Snowdonia) - Spook Score - 49.01
2. CA19, Eskdale, Lake District - Spook Score - 48.10
3. TN7, Hartfield, East Sussex - Spook Score - 46.93
The Spook Score rewards what any self-respecting ghost looks for in a home: old, detached and well away from the neighbours. Rural postcodes tend to have plenty of all three, which is why eight of the ten most haunted postcode districts are in the west of the UK, from Snowdonia to the Outer Hebrides. Build age and property type come largely from EPC data, so postcodes full of older, detached homes score highly.Llandysul in Ceredigion is Britain’s most haunted town. Towns cover larger areas than postcode districts, so they have their own ranking.
1. Llandysul, Ceredigion - Spook Score - 45.25
2. Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides - Spook Score - 45.12
3. West Wickham, Bromley - Spook Score - 43.15
4. Pwllheli, Gwynedd - Spook Score - 43.04
5. Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Spook Score - 42.31
6. Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Spook Score - 42.14
7. Hope Valley, Derbyshire Dales - Spook Score - 41.75
8. Caernarfon, Gwynedd - Spook Score - 41.65
9. Hebden Bridge, Calderdale - Spook Score - 41.04
10. Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Spook Score - 40.89
West Wickham is the surprise. property records show three-quarters of its homes (75.4%) were built before 1950, and its homes have fewer close neighbours than the national average. Bexleyheath, Welling, Upminster, Morden and Coulsdon also make the top 50. It seems the suburbs have a few skeletons of their own.
The Valleys take another route onto the list. Ferndale, Treorchy and Tonypandy are terraced towns with few detached homes, but more than 80% of homes in Ferndale and Treorchy were built before 1950.
Westminster is the best place to trick-or-treat, based on how many homes sit within roughly 100 metres. The typical Westminster home has 323 close by, nearly five times the national figure of 67, and London boroughs fill the whole top ten. Outside the capital, Brighton and Hove and Portsmouth share the top spot, with 147 homes each.
South Holland in Lincolnshire is the best place to sit out a zombie apocalypse. Its homes would hold out for an average of 30.65 days, against 25.93 nationally, ahead of Breckland (30.45) and Rother (29.98). The survival score draws on EPC data for construction and energy rating, alongside property type and Land Registry title areas for outdoor space. Brick-built, detached homes with plenty of outdoor space do best. Half of South Holland’s homes are detached, against 21.1% nationally. None of the ten best areas for trick-or-treating reaches the national average for survival.
The rankings cover 30,608,605 residential properties, using EPC data to 30 September 2026 for build age, property type and construction, HM Land Registry data to 31 August 2026 and whole of market listings to 29 October 2026. Postcode districts need at least 500 homes to qualify, and towns and local authorities at least 5,000. Scottish build-age records stop at “before 1919”, which lowers Scottish Spook Scores.
The rankings are a bit of fun, but the data underneath is the same data property professionals use every day: EPC data, Land Registry records, build age, property type and how closely homes sit together. Knowing what makes a street distinctive is useful well beyond October. It’s what makes a valuation, a local newsletter or a client update feel specific to the patch.
Matt Gilpin, founder and CEO of Sprift, said: “Our day job is giving property professionals the facts about a home up front. This Halloween, we thought we’d have some fun with those facts and find Britain’s most haunted postcodes. Betws-y-Coed was no surprise, but West Wickham was. Every score comes from something real about the homes, so if your postcode made the list, that’s a great excuse to start a conversation with clients about their street.”