Ferry House Inn - Saltash Passage

Saltash Passage photograph kindley provided by Derek Tait

A 300 year old ancient Inn located in the picturesque area of Saltash Passage. This building was onced used as a ‘chop stop’ where travellers would frequant the Inn for a brief stop to enjoy a hot meal and sometimes a well earned rest before continuing on their journey. The old Plymouth to Saltash Ferry once ran daily from across the way of the Ferry House Inn hence the Inn’s given name.

Back in 1993 the then new landlord and lady of the Ferry House Inn experienced first hand, a couple of regulars from the world of spirit. After being informed by a handful of the pubs regulars a number of weeks previously, that the building was indeed haunted by the restless ghosts of a young girl and an elderly woman. It was only a matter of time before the new owners had their first unnerving experience of the old spirts dwelling within the buildings ancient walls.

One evening heavy ponderous footsteps was heard upon the stairs that connect the two bars together even though no one was walking in this area at the time; this was followed by an instant drop in temperature.

Another horror stricken experience witnessed by the new tenants involved there beloved canine which saw the owners dog leeping forward with its lips curled back, heckles up and teeth exposed, evidently barking and snarling at an area occupied by some unseen force.

It is believed that the elderly lady who haunts this building once resided at this very property and has some unfinished buisness. Although it is not quite clear to whom the young girl is and why she still haunts the public house.

I have been told that the building is still very atmospheric and that strange sounds are still being witnessed today by the regulars at the Ferry House Inn.

Featured in the book 'Haunted Plymouth' by Kevin Hynes