Theme park moves its ghost ride

Workers creating the water ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey said they started noticing ghostly sightings including what appeared to be a headless monk.

There were reports of objects being moved, workers feeling like someone was watching over their shoulders and sudden cold feelings being experienced.

A paranormal detection agency was called in to carry out tests and found that an ancient burial ground or settlement could have been disturbed.

Managers at the park decided to relocate the ride to another area of the park.

The 64ft-tall water ride, Storm Surge, was originally planned for an area known as Monk’s Walk, an old footpath that has linked the ruins of nearby Chertsey Abbey to Thorpe Church since AD666.

The ride’s foundations would have been over 15 metres deep in an area of the park where stone coffins have previously been excavated.

Forensic geophysicist Peter Masters, of Cranfield University, used deep ground radar on the site and found signs similar to those of a burial ground – possibly ancient.