Visit These Spooky Sites From Across Our Network

Calling all paranormal investigators and dark tourists - this Halloween, we’re highlighting some of the places on our network that have inspired local legends and frightening folklore. Will you be brave enough to explore these stops this October? 16–20-year-old ghost hunters can travel for less with our 16-20 Saver fare, so what’s stopping you? Don’t be scared...

Crawley - Multiple routes

It may not seem like the most atmospheric of locations, but Crawley’s ASDA has an interesting history. Built on the site of an old church and graveyard, could it be that several spirits were disturbed? Staff have reported apparitions roaming the aisles, including a man in a black cape, a lost little girl and a mischievous poltergeist. While 6 bodies from the cemetery were identified and re-interred elsewhere, the rest were buried in a mass grave and a memorial placed on a tree (now half concealed by trees) in the supermarket’s car park. Dare you try and find it this Halloween? The nearest stop is East Park – happy shopping!

It’s not just the ghosts of people that feature in Crawley’s supernatural history, with places such as Black Dog Lane and Black Dog Walk likely getting their names from legends of the Witch-Hound or Wish-Hound, a character well established in Sussex folklore. The ghostly hound is said to be either an omen of death or a protector of the dead. Crawley has also had a pub called The Black Dog which closed in 2016 and a Black Dog Cottage. Black Dog Walk and the site of the old Black Dog pub can be found in the Northgate area of Crawley – could there still be ghostly canine creatures in the area today?

Worthing and Cissbury Ring - 23, 23X

Worthing is also an area with a rich history of folklore, with one point of interest being the 300 year old ‘Midsummer Tree’, around which skeletons are said to dance every Midsummer’s Eve. As the story goes, the skeletons would rise from the roots of the oak tree, link arms and dance 'to the rattling of their own bones’. A plaque nearby the tree tells the story and marks its significance in local mythology. The tree can be found on land next to Grove Lodge roundabout, on the 23 and 23X routes.

There have been several sightings of UFOs in the vicinity of Cissbury Ring, specficially moving from Cissbury towards the nearby Chanctonbury Ring – another ancient hillfort. Other stories associated with the site include fairies that are said to dance on Midsummer’s Eve, while one tale suggests Cissbury Ring itself was created accidentally by the Devil as he threw around clods of earth while digging Devil’s Dyke. Experience the other-worldliness of Cissbury Ring yourself on route 23.