Archive briefing
The Darkives lists 17 woodlands & forests where our community has documented paranormal phenomena. They span 2 countries, led by the United Kingdom (16) and the United States (1), and the most-recorded areas are England (3), Staffordshire (2) and Cumbria (1).
The phenomena most often recorded at these woodlands & forests are several types of phenomena (6), UFO/UAP sightings (4) and ghost and spirit activity (3).
Members have filed 2 first-hand witness reports across 2 of these places; each location page holds its full history, photos and reports.
United Kingdom
16
1 reportMultiple Types of Phenomena › Ghosts, UFO/UAPs & CryptidsRoddlesworth Wood
Chorley, Lancashire
Roddlesworth Wood is a stretch of woodland and riverine valley nestled in the uplands of the West Pennine Moors, lying in the border region between…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
1 reportUFO/UAPShining Cliff Wood
Matlock, Derbyshire
Shining Cliff Woods is an ancient woodland near Matlock, historically significant for early industry, transport routes, and long-term human use…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Multiple Types of Phenomena › Ghosts, UFO/UAPs & Cryptids2026 Continually Creepy Cannock Chase Map
Rugeley, Staffordshire
2026 Continually Creep Cannock Chase Map
Woodland / ForestOpen file
GhostBoggart Hole Clough
Manchester, England
Boggart Hole Clough in Blackley, Manchester, is a steep, wooded valley said to be haunted by a mischievous spirit known as the boggart. From…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
UFO/UAPCalvine UFO Sighting
Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross
On 4 August 1990, two witnesses near Calvine in Perthshire reportedly photographed an enormous, diamond-shaped object hovering silently above the…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Multiple Types of Phenomena › Cryptids & UFO/UAPsCannock Chase
Rugeley, Staffordshire
Possibly the most haunted area in England?
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Multiple Types of Phenomena › Interdimensional & UFO/UAPCannock Leyline Intersection
Cannock, England
The Cannock Leyline Intersection, deep within the Cannock Chase forest of Staffordshire, is believed to be a powerful point where several ancient…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Multiple Types of Phenomena › Interdimensional & UFO/UAPsClapham Wood
Worthing, West Sussex
Clapham Wood became one of Britain's strangest paranormal hotspots during the 1970s. Missing dogs, unexplained lights, UFO reports, strange physical…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
UFO/UAPDechmont Woods
Livingston, West Lothian
In 1979, forestry worker Robert Taylor entered Dechmont Woods and reportedly encountered a huge metallic object whose two spiked spherical machines…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Cryptid › Big CatsForest of Dean
Cinderford, Gloucestershire
On the eastern edge of the Forest of Dean, Cinderford in Gloucestershire stands where woodland and industrial history meet. Ironworking, coal mining…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Multiple Types of PhenomenaGrovely Wood
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Grovely Wood is a vast and ancient woodland with reports of dark, grisly folklore and ghostly goings on!
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionNewborough Forest
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Isle of Anglesey
Newborough Forest is a large coastal pine forest on Anglesey, planted in the 20th century on the Newborough Warren sand dune system. While strongly…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
UFO/UAPRendlesham Forest
Woodbridge, England
Rendlesham Forest, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, is Britain’s most famous UFO site. In December 1980, U.S. Air Force personnel from RAF Bentwaters…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
High StrangenessThe Sandown Clown Sighting
Sandown, Isle of Wight
In May 1973, two children exploring marshland near Sandown Airport reportedly encountered a seven-foot humanoid with a pointed yellow hat, triangular…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
Ghost › ApparitionThe Screaming Woods (Dering Woods)
Ashford, Kent
Dering Woods, better known as the Screaming Woods, lie between Pluckley and Smarden in the Ashford district of Kent. Closely associated with…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
CryptidWhinlatter Forest
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Whinlatter sits on the northwestern edge of the Lake District. Before it was a plantation forest, the area consisted mainly of upland heath, rough…
Woodland / ForestOpen file
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