Are you brave enough to visit these haunted places this Halloween?

And thankfully Essex has a host of haunted pubs where you can enjoy a pint and see if the supernatural appears.

The Anchor Inn, Canewdon, near Southend

Local legend has it that The Anchor is haunted by the ghost of a young woman called Sarah.

Back in 1500, she allegedly got pregnant after having an affair with a wealthy landowner.

When the landowner's wife found out, she ordered Sarah to be locked in a building - which later became The Anchor.

After giving birth, the legend tells that Sarah was murdered, but her ghost still haunts the building.

Visitors and staff have reported smelling unexplained perfume, hearing a baby crying and seeing items fly.

Red Lion Hotel, Colchester

The pub is said to be haunted by Alice Katherine Miller, who worked as a chambermaid.

She got into an affair with a wealthy business owner, but when she fell pregnant he pushed her from a window, killing her.

More than 200 years, the owner of the hotel, exasperated with guests complaining about unexplained events, bricked up the door to what had been Alice’s room.

However, ghostly sightings of her have continued.

St Anne's Castle Inn, Great Leighs, near Chelmsford

The pub, now known as The Castle at Great Leighs, is associated with the legend of a local witch, who was buried underneath a stone at a crossroads on Scrap Faggot's Green.

This was the local name for where witches had lived.

The witch was burned at the stake over 200 years ago. When the stone was moved during the Second World War, the spirit of the witch is said to have haunted the village and the pub.

There have been reports of black shapes around the beds, described as medieval and satanic with malevolent faces and hands. 

Others have reported icy draughts, curtains being ripped apart, with furniture moved. In several instances, the bedclothes have been pulled from the cowering occupants.

Layer Marney Tower, near Tiptree

Work started on the tower in 1534 under the orders of Lord Henry Marney. However, he died before it could be completed and is now said to wander the grounds.

He is sometimes spotted wearing armour and riding a horse and other times people reported seeing apparitions dressed in Victorian clothing walking in the grounds.

Hadleigh Castle, Hadleigh

Hadleigh Castle - which allegedly was used by infamous highway man Dick Turpin in the 19th century.

The remains of the castle are said to be haunted by a haggard old lady. Legend has it a lady called Sally meant the old woman, who ordered her to return to the castle at midnight. However, too frightened to carry out the woman's wishes, she didn't. She later meant the old woman who hit her, almost dislocating her neck.

The old lady can still be heard cackling near the castle to this day.

The Bell, Thorpe-le-Soken, near Clacton

The pub is said to be haunted by the bigamist Catharine 'Kitty' Canham.

Catherine married Alexander Gough, who was the vicar at Michael's Church, but she grew bored of life in Thorpe-le-Soken and ran off to London.

She married again, but didn't tell her new husband that she was already married until she died of consumption after several years of marriage.

She was buried in the churchyard at St Michael's, but when the graves were disturbed it gave rise to the origins of the ghostly goings-on.

Also buried in the graveyard is Sir William Gull, the royal physician who was among those suspected to be Jack The Ripper.