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Beacon Hill Fort Ghost Hunt - Harwich, Essex - 2026
Beacon Hill Fort - Harwich, Essex
15th August 2026 - 8:00pm until 2:00am - Tickets £42 per person
Experience a night of ghost hunting at Beacon Hill Fort in Harwich, Essex with Ghost Hunt Events on 15th August 2026, 8:00pm until 2:00am. Tickets £42 per person
History of Beacon Hill Fort
Beacon Hill Fort in Harwich, Essex was originally three blockhouses, constructed during the reign of Henry VIII, following his visit to the town in 1543.
The site was chosen for Harwich Barracks. These were built in 1803. They subsequently housed most of the Harwich army and militia camp during almost the whole French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars era, and a naval signal station.
In 1889 work began on a totally new fort, which was completed in 1892. The fort saw use in World War One, and was re-adapted in World War Two. The Beacon Hill site also from time to time housed anti-aircraft guns and torpedo tubes.
The fort was finally decommissioned in 1956.
Uncertainty still surrounds the death of Gregory Chung whose burnt and decomposing body was found at the Beacon Hill fort at Harwich in 2000. A murder inquiry was launched but the inquest heard it was probable Mr Chung, 23, set fire to himself.
Event Details
Beacon Hill Fort Ghost Hunt
📍 Beacon Hill Fort, Harwich, Essex
🕗 Time: 8:00pm until 2:00am
🎟️ Tickets: £42 per person - Deposit (£20) bookings available
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Please note
14-17 year olds with parents/guardians - No accommodation provided - Unsuitable for guests with limited mobility
Please wear warm and comfortable flat footwear - floors are uneven/slippery in places
☕ Complimentary Tea, Coffee and Biscuits are provided in the breaks.
What to Expect
Our team of experienced investigators will be on hand throughout the night so that you can participate in:-
- Séances (in small groups)1
- Vigils (in the dark)
- EVP (Ghost Voice) Experiments
- Estes Method & Hartley Method Experiments
- Ouija boards, Glass Divination and Table Tipping
- Automatic writing, Dowsing and Pendulums
- Metaphysical experiments
- Use of our ghost hunting equipment (EMF/KII's, REM Pods, Ovilus, Thermal Camera etc)2
and much more with our experienced Mediums & Paranormal Investigators.
Event will include:-
- Usual group size 8-12 people (but may be a maximum of 15 on rare occasions)
- The number of groups depends on venue size.
- Controlled sessions & 45mins - 1 hour with our Mediums3/Paranormal Investigators
- Free time for you to investigate / explore on your own
- Opportunity for lone vigils throughout the evening
- Regular breaks
We can't guarantee spiritual or ghostly activity but we can guarantee that everything you experience will be 100% real.
1 At the Mediums discretion.
2 Not all technical equipment may be available at every event.
3 A Medium may not be present at every event.
Location of Beacon Hill Fort
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Beacon Hill Fort is available for private bookings, see Group Events for more information and pricing.
What Happens at the Event
Our events are always 100% investigation and vigil events, we won't waste time by taking you on a history tour of the venue.
We will not usually talk about the history of the building unless people ask us to do so.
We don't hold workshops or briefing on equipment usage. Any equipment that you will be using throughout the event will be explained at the start of each session by our team leaders.
For the first few hours (usually 1 hour per session) you will be in a group and you will spend time with our Mediums1 doing séances, where they will try to get the active spirit to move you in some way (this is not designed to scare you) and with our paranormal investigators doing experiments, table tilting, glass divination, Ouija boards, EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena a.k.a. ghost voice) experiments and other equipment experiments using the latest ghost hunting equipment.
After these controlled sessions you will have the opportunity to venture off on your own or in small groups to explore the venue or to hold lone vigils or re-visiting an activity that you enjoyed in our controlled sessions. In this part of the night you can use our ghost hunting equipment to do your own ghost hunt. You may take photos/videos with your own cameras throughout our ghost hunts. You may also use any of your own ghost hunting equipment during our controlled sessions.
1 A Medium may not be available at every event, please contact us for clarification.
Customer Feedback
What our customers say about previous Beacon Hill Fort ghost hunts (previous 4 comments)
29 April 2023
Beacon Hill Fort
"It was a brilliant night and nicely organised, allowing us to have our own explore time too"
A.F.
20 August 2022
Beacon Hill Fort
"We had a great time at the fort! It was a really cool location"
J.C.
14 August 2021
Beacon Hill Fort
"Thank you so much to the team. It was truly amazing!"
J.M.
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