Friday 15 May, 2026
Time: 19:30 & 21:00
Location: The Brickworks Museum
Ticket Price: £15 - £7.50
Step into the shadows of Victorian industry! Delve into ghostly tales of overworked laborers, phantom children, shadowy figures, and tragic accidents. Embark on a journey through the dark history of the last remaining steam-driven brickworks in the UK, revealing true tales of spectres and shades that haunt this massive labyrinth of kilns and machinery after dark.
Unlike other ghost tours, we bring you the genuine hangman’s humour of history through its myths and legends. Our storytellers will guide you through the Brickworks' dark and forbidding corridors, dodging shadows at every turn. Uncover ghostly tales, from the phantom footsteps echoing in the cavernous drying sheds to the spirits of Victorian workers still toiling away in the dark. Explore the origins of local legends and discover the scientific side of paranormal occurrences through stories of gruelling labour and industrial tragedy.
Join our darkly humorous ghost tour in the heart of a haunted industrial marvel; together we'll explore the towering kilns and factory floors, learn a little, laugh a little, but scream a lot!
Further Information
What's included
🦇A guided ghost tour, with award-winning storytellers
💀Immersive, theatrical entertainment
Tour Times
Winter: We run two tours at 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM.
Summer: Tours run at Twilight at 9:00 PM.
Check availability at the time of booking.
The Tour runs just over one hour.
Highlights
Join a guided, theatrical ghost tour of the dimly lit Victorian factory floors, drying sheds, and towering kilns, infused with our signature hangman’s humour.
Experience real history as you separate fact from fiction, exploring the harsh reality of 19th-century industrial life and the tragic accidents that occurred on the factory floor. Hear the tales of the unseen entities who haunt the machinery, from lost Victorian children to shadowy laborers, and the eerie incidents left in their wake.
What to bring
Comfortable, sturdy walking shoes (we will be travelling only on the Ground Floor of the Brickworks)
Weather-appropriate clothing (the Brickworks is generally very cold)
A personal torch/flashlight
Know before you go
Check-in: Please arrive no more than 5–10 minutes before the advertised start time.
Parking: There is a large car park just in front of the Kiln Chimney off Coal Park Lane.
Toilets: Because of time restraints there is not time for the public to stop for toilet breaks before the tour starts.
Accessibility: While the museum is generally accessible, this specific after-dark tour involves extremely low-level lighting and uneven historic factory floors.
Age restrictions: This tour is not suitable for children under 12.
Rules & Restrictions
❌ Anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be turned away from the tour.
❌ Toilets are not available during the tour.
⚠️ Some historical content may be of a distressing nature and may include content related to abuse, torture, hangings and death.
❌ Filming or live streaming of the tour is strictly forbidden and will result in ejection from the tour.
The location: The Brickworks Museum
Address: Swanwick Lane, Bursledon, Hampshire SO31 7GW
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Parking: There is plenty of onsite parking
Accessibility: Access to all levels - there is a lift to the first floor.
29/05/21: from Casebook of Dark Encounters01/01/25: from Ghost Story
01/03/26: The Brickworks Mystery Escape Room from Torchlight Mysteries25/04/26: Murder at the Brickworks from Torchlight Mysteries
15/05/26: Ghost Stories from The Brickworks from Theatre of Dark Encounters22/09/26: Agatha Christie’s - And Then There Were None from Torchlight Mysteries17/04/27: Murder at the Brickworks from Torchlight Mysteries
The desolate drying sheds... echoing of the workers who left a hundred years ago.
The industrial heart of the factory, filled with steam and screaming machinery
The Steam room where many workers suffered unbearable conditions
