Some Facts About BritainThe spectral bear that terrified a sentry at the Martin Tower of the Tower of London; the ghostly black dog, a portent of death, seen at Okehampton Castle, Devon; Joan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; the ghostly old woman, in a red headscarf, haunting Kitty Steps, by a pool in Lydford Gorge, Dartmoor; ghostly hammering heard in the Blue Room of Glamis Castle, Scotland; the Blue Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, who lures men to heir deaths and is sometimes a portent of death; the ghost of Squire Hilliard that appears at an upstairs window, as well as other unexplained phenomena, at the Black House in Higher Brixham, Devon; the ghostly Number Seven bus sometimes seen in Kensington, London; the monster that lurks in a secret chamber of Glamis Castle, Scotland; and the spectral car, seen on the B3212 near Moretonhampstead, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Banbury England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Imperial Hotel in Delhi, the Hotel Lisboa and its famous casino in Macau, the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio and the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay. are internationally renowned hotels. |