Top Hat Tours

Simon will be appearing with Michaela Strachan on Great British Ghosts later in the year. The series, hosted by the presenter famous for ‘The Hit Man and Her’ and more recently various projects involving wildlife, will be seen on Yesterday TV.

Simon has recently undertaken some ghost tours at Towneley Hall, Burnley. This photograph is by kind permission of Paul Melling Photography.

Simon has been recently filming with the BBC Countryfile team around the village of Downham in the Ribble Valley.

BBC School Report by Accrington Academy in conjunction with Simon Entwistle

Simon Entwistle has just started a brand new tour – The Ribble Valley Haunted Inns Tour.

This is a coach tour visiting ancient haunted inns all dating back to the 1700′s, you will hear stories of highwaymen, ghostly scullery maids, heroes, villains and legends.

• The tour visits Downham and its witches tales;
• Chipping and the ghost of Lizzie Dean;
• Waddington and hero William Southworth;
• Slaidburn and the ghostly tale of Thomas Gardener.

The tour will take you through some stunning countryside and a good day out in the beautiful Ribble Valley.

Cost with a meal £25.00 without £20.00.

Tour Dates

Saturday 28th April

Saturday 26th May

Saturday 7th July

Saturday 28th July

Saturday 11th August

Saturday 1st September

Saturday 22nd September

Saturday 27th October

Saturday 10th November

Saturday 24th November

Saturday 15th December .

Each tour starts at The Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe at 10.30am and lasts approximately 5 hours and 30 minutes.

Simon’s newest ghost and heritage tour is for the Yorkshire town of Settle.

This tour takes in scenes of murder and will travel back in time to the sites of execution, and the ghost of John Carlisle who haunts the towns well. We also visit the old bank and the ghost of Mrs Hotten, and the tragedy of the ghost train that can be heard on the old viaduct .

The tour will last 1 hour cost £5.00 per head and £2.50 per child. Please give Simon a call to book.

Simon appeared at Browsholme Hall on Wednesday 21 December where he conducted a tour to including some special Christmas ghost stories!

The Kids Travel Cam enlisted the help of Lancashire tour expert Simon Entwistle to find out about some real witches and ghosts from bygone days.

BOWBEARER of the Forest of Bowland and owner of Browsholme Hall, Robert Parker, has appointed an Official Story Teller to bring alive the rich history of Lancashire’s oldest surviving family home.

Well-known local personality and collector of Ribble Valley folklore Simon Entwistle  revealed some of the darkest and scariest secrets of the hall and surrounding area at his first storytelling event at Browsholme  during an hour-long evening tour of the hall.

Dressed in a Victorian frock coat and top hat, Simon narrated some of the ghostly goings-on from the hall’s long and colourful history, which stretches back to 1507. Highlights included a skull from a beheaded priest which must be kept locked away or the Parker family will fall, and the ghostly white horse seen climbing the staircase leading out of the main hall.

Simon’s inimitable style of storytelling also explored local legends such as the famous Bashall Eaves murder of 1934 and highlighted the significance of some of the important historical artefacts in the hall.

BOWBEARER of the Forest of Bowland and owner of Browsholme Hall, Robert Parker, has appointed an Official Story Teller to bring alive the rich history of Lancashire’s oldest surviving family home.

Well-known local personality and collector of Ribble Valley folklore Simon Entwistle revealed some of the darkest and scariest secrets of the hall and surrounding area at his first storytelling event at Browsholme during an hour-long evening tour of the hall.

Dressed in a Victorian frock coat and top hat, Simon  narrated some of the ghostly goings-on from the hall’s long and colourful history, which stretches back to 1507. Highlights included a skull from a beheaded priest which must be kept locked away or the Parker family will fall, and the ghostly white horse seen climbing the staircase leading out of the main hall.

Simon’s inimitable style of storytelling also explored local legends such as the famous Bashall Eaves murder of 1934 and highlighted the significance of some of the important historical artefacts in the hall.