Last Friday a couple of friends and I wrapped up warm to take the London Ghost Walk. Starting near St Pauls, the walk takes in some of the City’s most haunted spots.

The fact Central London was covered in snow that night added an extra Dickensian dimension to the walk, which took in spooky old pubs, haunted hospitals, creepy churchyards and grisly grounds such as the ex-public hanging spot near Smithfield Market.

Our guide was veteran ghost-hunter Richard Jones. I found his commentary compelling and entertaining, plus he erred nicely on the side of historical and quirky tales, rather than trying to creep us out too much, which, being rather a wuss, I thoroughly appreciated!

The London Ghost Tour is a great way to explore some of the City’s history and at just £8 for nearly 2 hours, it’s a bargain night out in London.

Read our guide to more Haunted London Walks

Here’s a great little video from our friends at Urban Telly, all about Halloween in London.

Attractions and key places to visit in the video include:

• The Blind Beggar in Whitechapel
• The London Bridge Experience
• Wicked Day at St Pancras International
• Ghost Stories at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• London Canal Museum

It was a dark and stormy night. I pulled my shawl tighter for warmth and headed for London’s Black Dog Books, a haunted bookshop, not knowing what horrors I would find at the end of my journey.

Hidden behind Cargo in an old railway arch is the Black Rat Projects gallery where a ghostly pop-up bookshop has appeared. It might look like a spectre, but it’s a real shop where you can buy your Christmas presents from a carefully selected choice of second-hand books and fanzines. The haunted bookshop was inspired by reports of Victorian book dealer FJ Williams who haunts the East End.

There were eerie things happening in the shop. I heard a disembodied girl’s voice, the lights were flickering and a copy of children’s book The Gruffalo leapt off the shelf at me, propelled by some inexplicable force! Even the shop’s pot plant was quivering with fear.

The bookshop is surrounded by contemporary art, including a sculpture with a talking telephone head sitting outside the shop, swearing and cursing. The sculpture is a comment on rich city boys who buy art because they can afford it but don’t really appreciate it.

Artists participating in the exhibition include Swoon, Burning Candy, Giles Walker, Brian Adam Douglas and Lucas Price.

The bookshop and gallery are free to visit and are open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm, until the end of January. www.blackratpress.co.uk