The Haunted Ragged School Museum

The Ragged School Museum in London is renowned for being the most haunted school in Britain. Ghost hunters regularly say it’s the most haunted building they’ve ever investigated!

The Ragged School was set up to educate the poorest children from the East End, and treatment of these children during this time period was incredibly harsh. The spirits of these children are believed to haunt the building to this day.

There are countless strange occurrences reported by staff and visitors alike. Some reports include poltergeist activity, dark shadow figures, disembodied voices, and even full-bodied apparitions!

You may feel the sinister presence that lurks in the back of groups throughout the building! You might also hear the sounds of laughing and crying coming from empty rooms.

Disembodied running footsteps, bangs, and doors slamming reverberate around this foreboding building.

If you’re in the basement, you may come face to face with a dark lonely figure, who likes to appear when you least expect it. There’s also been a regular sighting of balls of light appearing in the darkened corners of empty rooms.

Without a doubt, the Ragged School Museum is one of the most haunted locations in London!

The Ragged School has a long and colourful history, originally opened by Dr Barnardo in 1867. Dr Barnardo came over to London from Ireland in 1866, and when he arrived, he was greeted by streets of poverty-stricken children. Disease and overcrowding were severe.

The prospects for the poor didn’t exist. The lack of opportunities for the poor hit Dr Barnardo hard. Whilst training to be a doctor, he witnessed the big cholera outbreak sweep through London, so he quit his training to become a missionary. In 1867 was when he opened his first Ragged School. It offered children the opportunity of free education, food and a roof over their heads.

This school was opened in 1871 when Dr Barnardo converted three warehouse buildings, making the Copperfield Road Ragged School the largest in London.

The school was closed in 1908 as Government schools began to open in the area, which would serve the local communities. After the school closed, its buildings were used as warehouses that held goods ready for transport along Regent’s Canal.

It was then later rescued and restored by the Ragged School Museum Trust, which continues to take care of the building.

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