Announcing my latest book, ‘Paranormal Gloucestershire’ which is out on Monday 15 September 2025!
‘Paranormal Gloucestershire‘ is my fourth book for Amberley Publishing and is now available through all online retail stores and also through your local high street bookstore. You’ll find it in Waterstones branches and it can be ordered through indie bookshops too (of which there are many fabulous examples especially those I’ve visited in Gloucestershire, including Borzoi Bookshop in Stow-on-the-Wold and the Yellow-Lighted Bookshop in Tetbury). In Warwickshire you’ll definitely find it stocked in Warwick Books and Kenilworth Books.
The book is highly illustrated with 100 original colour photos and will be a treasured item not only for ghost hunters and history buffs but also for all those who love books of travel photography and unexplained mysteries.
I shared the task of photographing locations with my talented photographer son, Jamie Robinson.
From the publisher’s burb:
Gloucestershire is a county rich in beauty, history, and a high level of
spiritual, mysterious, and paranormal activity. With a profusion of haunted
inns, castles, houses and landscape features, the presence of the past is
absorbed into the fabric of places as diverse as the Neolithic burial chamber
of Belas Knap Long Barrow, the prisons at Gloucester and Littledean, and
the 12th century Ancient Ram Inn at Wotton under Edge.
Hauntings have been reported at Sudeley Castle, Chavenage House, St Briavels Castle, Woodchester Mansion and Owlpen Manor; and many report unsettling
experiences at the Abbeys in Gloucester and Tewkesbury, the villages of
Prestbury and Arlingham, and in the Montpelier and Pittville areas of
Cheltenham.
In this book I visit eerie locations around Gloucestershire to unearth a selection of chilling tales about them, and explore the strangeness of the hauntings of this fascinating county.
‘Paranormal Gloucestershire’ takes the reader into the world of ghosts and
spirits in the county, following their footsteps into the unknown. These tales of
haunted places, supernatural happenings and weird phenomena will delight
the ghost hunters, and fascinate and intrigue everybody who knows
Gloucestershire.
Here are some useful links to some of the places where you can find the book:
If you are tempted by ‘Paranormal Gloucestershire’, and enjoy reading the stories and browsing the photos, please do leave a review on Amazon!
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Congratulations, Sheila. Sorry to see this late but it had gone into my spam box! Many congratulations especially in getting your books in Waterstones. Quite an achievement.