York is officially one of the most haunted cities in the UK

The city of York has now been named as one of the most haunted in the UK, with fellow Yorkshire location Leeds also making the list, according to research carried out by Stay in Cornwall.

York was ranked as the 11th most haunted city, with London making the top spot, and Brighton and Cardiff claiming second and third place.

Haunted houses

However, York came joint second in the category of cities that had a high number of places officially deemed as haunted.

For this category, Nottingham came top of the list, with nine places confirmed as haunted.

Leeds, Cardiff, Brighton, and York came tied for second, each with eight areas believed to be rife with paranormal activity.

Trick or treat?

Brighton was ranked as the ultimate place to plan your trick'or'treating adventures, with a generous average household spend of £18.60 on Halloween treats each year.

Conversely, research found that households in both Norwich and Ipswich only spend an average of £2.85 a year on Halloween sweets.

York has an average spend of £14.35 on Halloween sweets and treats.

Hashtag Halloween

Competitors were also ranked by the amount of Halloween-related activity on social media in each city. London won this category, clocking in 1,101 mentions of the hashtag #halloween per million people across Instagram and Twitter in the past 12 months.

However, Plymouth and Aberdeen had a total of just six ‘#halloween’ posts per million people each, and York had 23 posts.

Deserted buildings

Glasgow topped the list as the city with the most abandoned buildings - 70 in total, including a vacant hospital and a derelict train station.

This was closely followed by Newcastle, Leicester, and Manchester, which each have 62 abandoned places on the map, with York having a total of 18 abandoned places or buildings.