Richard Jones has written several book of London walks. But with Halloween coming two stand out as worth casting an eager eye over to help truly get into the festivities of this, the creepiest, and spookiest time of the year.
Richard’s Walking Haunted London has recently been published as a new edition and has been updated to include some of the more up to date hauntings in London.
The step by step directions in this book of haunted London walks, will ensure that you get to see some great, albeit slightly chilling, places in London.
There is also a walk around Pluckley in Kent, which has the reputation of being the most haunted village in England.
When Richard wrote walking haunted London he decided that the routes were as important as the locations. After all, it’s one thing to visit a haunted location, but the build up to your visit, Richard reasoned, should be an integral part of the London walk.
So Richard really looked at the areas he included in the book and ensured that the detailed, step by step directions took the reader via back alleyways and dark sinister courtyards.
Richard also wrote the book History and Mystery Walks in London. This did include some haunted locations but it also included places that were mysterious as well as being haunted.
So for example one of the chapters in the book takes the reader across Barnes Common. This is really is a creepy place, even on a bright summer’s day. It was the place where in the 19th century a strange creature whom Londoners dubbed Spring Heeled Jack was seen.
It was also on Queen’s Ride, the road that runs over the common that the rock legend Marc Bolan was killed in a car crash in the early hours of 16th September 1977.
The Barnes walk includes a poignant visit to the site of the crash where a memorial to the star can be seen.
So if you are seeking London walks that are both mysterious and ghostly you have two books written by London’s best Ghost walk guide. Books that will get you out and about in London, not tell you to sit in a cafe or museum and just read about it.
Tags: Barnes Common, Haunted London walks, History and Mystery Walks in London, London walks, Marc Bolan, Pluckley in Kent, Queen's Ride, Spring Heeled Jack, Walking Haunted London
