The UK’s most haunted roads on the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway
We get it. Making the switch to electric can be a scary prospect.
You’re no doubt expecting to experience horror stories like running out of battery and not being able to find somewhere to charge. Or perhaps the nightmare will involve a broken connector in the corner of a dimly-lit car park.
And we agree, all that sounds pretty terrifying but fortunately it’s not reality. At GRIDSERVE we’re much more treat than trick.
With over 190 locations and more than 1,500 charging bays across the UK on the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway you’ll always find somewhere to plug in. And our chargers look pretty epic at night, too, so there’s no need to worry about any late-night frights.
That means you can focus all your energy on planning a frighteningly good Halloween roadtrip with the GRIDSERVE app.
To help, we’ve collated some of the most haunted roads in the UK, each with a spook-tacular tale to chill you to the bone. And if it all gets too ghoulish, we’ve the listed the nearest High Power charger so you can quickly top up and dash away from danger.
A75, Scotland
For the last 50 years, the A75 in Scotland has been known as one of the most haunted in the UK. Paranormal activity has been reported on the stretch of road that links Stranraer and the M6, including bedraggled pedestrians carrying bundles or pulling carts, ghoulish horse-drawn carriages and apparitions of animals throwing themselves in front of cars. Nearest High Power charger: Roadchef Annandale WaterA229, Kent/Sussex
The ‘ghost bride’ of the A229 dates back to 1965, when Judith Langham was tragically killed in an accident on the road on her wedding day while wearing her wedding dress. Since then, drivers have reported a mystery woman wearing white stepping out in front of their car. Some have stopped to check but found the body has disappeared. That’s not all, though, as ghoulish goings on along the A229 also include a mystery hitchhiker, who’ll get in your car and reveal their destination, only to vanish from the passenger seat moments later. Nearest High Power charger: Roadchef MaidstoneA616 Stocksbridge Bypass, Sheffield
The Stocksbridge Bypass opened in 1988 but scary sightings were first reported while it was being built. Construction workers started to see children dressed in old-fashioned clothes playing on the site who disappeared when they got close to them. The theory goes that they’re the ghosts of the ill-treated children who died in nearby mines. And if that’s not enough, the bypass is also the home to a ghostly monk, who was once a member of the nearby monastery but was buried on unhallowed ground. Nearest High Power charger: Moto Woolley EdgeM6, Midlands
The M6 is not only the UK’s longest motorway but also the oldest, having been first laid down as a route by the Romans. Given its length and age, it stands to reason that there have been more than a few ghostly sightings down the years. Some drivers report seeing a legion of Roman soldiers marching along the hard shoulder, others a disappearing female hitchhiker, ghost cars or, perhaps most scarily, a lorry driving the wrong way down the motorway. Nearest High Power charger:- Moto Rugby
- Moto Hilton Park North
- The Fort
- Roadchef Sandbach South
- Moto Lancaster
- Moto Burton-in-Kendal
- Moto Southwaite
- Moto Todhills
