Haunted houses, ghostly tours and spooky walks all make for a fun day or weekend out in the UK.

The National Trust is to publish Ghosts, a book of unnerving tales about its properties, such as the Avebury World Heritage Site in Wiltshire and Corfe Castle in Dorset, where a headless body of a woman is said to stalk the battlements.

Websites like theshadowlands.net/places/uk.htm have stories of ghosts in castles, houses, abbeys, churches and hotels. Others provide holidays in spooky places.

Dalhousie Castle in Scotland is said to have three ghosts, for example.

Edinburgh has its fair share of hauntings. Visit Edinburgh Castle, the Real Mary King's Close or The Dungeons, then take a Witchery Tour.

For a day out elsewhere in the UK, try a walking tour in Nottingham with Ghost Walks or following the Walking with Witches trail in Pendle in Lancashire.