

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Judges Lodgings ?HALLOWEEN? Ghost Hunt
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm – Sun, 02 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 am
- **Event Description**: WHERE: Broad St, Presteigne LD8 2AD
WHEN: 1st November 2025
TIME: 8pm-2am
PRICE PER PERSON: £38
DEPOSIT PER PERSON: £20 

?Over 18s Only
?Refreshments provided
?Use of our kit
?Small group sizes
?Free time for you to investigate

The Judge’s Lodging in Presteigne (Radnorshire) is a captivating piece of Welsh legal heritage—a beautifully preserved 19th‑century Shire Hall that served as courthouse, prison, and judges’ residence.

In the 1530s, following the murder of a judge in Rhayader, the County Assizes moved to Presteigne. From 1542, it became Radnorshire’s legal centre. By the early 1800s the original Shire Hall and gaol were in disrepair—prisoners frequently escaped and magistrates often relied on shaky structures. In 1825 a new combined courthouse, gaol, and Judge’s Lodging was commissioned; it opened in 1829, designed by Edward Haycock. Though county administration moved to Llandrindod Wells in 1889, Presteigne remained the venue for Assizes until 1970 and Magistrates’ Courts until the 1990s. By the early 1990s, neglect risked demolition. A major restoration—reinstituting Victorian-era lighting, original furnishings, and authentic finishes—was completed with funding from Powys County Council. The museum officially reopened in 1997, inaugurated by actor Robert Hardy. The building is preserved almost exactly as it looked in the 1860s: gas‑lit courtrooms, authentic servant and judge’s quarters, damp cells, kitchens with working pumps, and period furnishings. Visitors can sit in the judge’s chair, pump water, explore below‑stairs areas, and follow audio tours narrated by actor Robert Hardy and Welsh presenter Tudur Owen.

REPORTED ACTIVITY
Visitors often report dark shadowy figures spotted in courtrooms and upstairs quarters—believed to be restless spirits of judges or convicts. Some have heard cries of a woman condemned to death, said to roam the premises in search of her lost baby. In the basement cells, the ambient quiet is frequently disrupted by growls, groans, slamming doors, and pounding on cell doors—despite no one physically present. Reports of footsteps, rattling noises, and sudden cold spots during séances in rooms like the kitchen and judge’s quarters.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leominster/the-judges-lodgings-halloween-ghost-hunt/200027889721923
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 38

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://paranormalpresence.co.uk/events/ols/products/judges-lodgings/v/JDG-LDG-1ST-NVM-FLL-MNT?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=leominster-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Leominster
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Judge's Lodging
- **lat**: 52.273815153974
- **long**: -3.0052576837809
- **full address**: The Judge's Lodging, Broad Street,Presteigne, Leominster, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Paranormal Presence Investigations (https://allevents.in/org/paranormal-presence-investigations/23331929)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Judge's Lodging, Broad Street,Presteigne, Leominster, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Paranormal Presence Investigations
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Judges Lodgings ?HALLOWEEN? Ghost Hunt ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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