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The Ghost of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle


Anne Boleyn's family moved to Hever Castle, Kent in 1505, Anne spent her childhood at Hever and continued to visit throughout her life. In 1528 Henry VIII's love letters to Anne were sent to Hever.
Anne Boleyn is said to haunt the area under the old oak tree where Henry courted her.

Her ghost also visits Hever at Christmas time. Local legend tells that the ghost of Anne Boleyn can be seen on Christmas Eve walking in the grounds across a wooden bridge over the River Eden. Some say that she stops on the bridge to drop a sprig of holly into the water below.

In the late 19th century Ada Coralie Meade Waldo, wife of the famous ornithologist Edmund Gustavus Meade Waldo who owned Hever at that time, complained that the ghost of Anne Boleyn made Hever Castle unpleasant. The Meade Waldo's didn't live at Hever and eventually sold it to William Waldorf Astor.

In recent years photographs taken by visitors to Hever castle have feature orbs and other unusual images which the photographers think may be the ghost of Anne Boleyn. Liam Archer published a book about his 2009 visit to Hever containing photographs that he believes to be of Anne Boleyn's ghost.

In 2013 Kent News published a photograph, taken by medium Christine Hamlett, of an orb that appeared to be ascending a staircase. Christine wonders if it is Anne's spirit wandering Hever castle.
Another medium who visited Hever in 2013, Rob Gutro, immediately sensed the ghostly presence not of Anne but of her brother George Boleyn. Rob, who is an author of several books about communicating with spirits, believes that the spirit of George Boleyn still resides in Hever Castle.

Poltergeist activity has been recorded in the Long Gallery which is also said to be haunted by a horse and rider.

The ghost of an unknown man has been seen in one of the bedrooms and the ghost of Humphrey, a local farmer, appears in the grounds where he was murdered.
Visitor Information:
Hever Castle is open to the public, please see website for details.
Address:
Hever Castle & Gardens
Hever
Edenbridge
Kent
TN8 7NG
Telephone: 01732 865 224
Email: info@hevercastle.co.uk
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