Norton Priory Ghost Hunts

Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. The remains are scheduled ancient monuments and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. They are considered to be the most important monastic remains in Cheshire. The priory was established as an Augustinian foundation in the 12th century and was raised to the status of an abbey in 1391.

The abbey was closed in 1536 as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Nine years later, the surviving structures, together with the manor of Norton, were purchased by Sir Richard Brooke, who built a Tudor house on the site, incorporating part of the abbey. This was replaced in the 18th century by a Georgian house.

The Brooke family left the house in 1921, and it was partially demolished in 1928. Norton Priory Museum & Gardens is Europe’s most excavated monastic site, a scheduled monument, and the medieval Undercroft is a Grade 1 listed building. On the night, you will explore over 900 years of history and perform paranormal experiments alongside ancient bones that have been excavated from the site.

Paranormal nights in the past have proved to be very active; dark shadows have been seen roaming around the building, and the grounds and footsteps are often heard here. Electronic voice phenomenon activities have proved very interesting, with strange disembodied voices and interactions with many of the paranormal trigger objects, particularly around some of the ancient artefacts on display here. On a ghost hunt at Norton Priory, will you brave the darkness into the unknown?