Wooler, Northumberland, England

Wooler town centre

The Wishing Well

According to Coxe, near Kettle Camp there is a wishing well where bent pins are left as an offering. He leaves no details as to what reason these are left.

 

However, the BBC Doomsday Reloaded states, "On May Day a procession of people used to march from Wooler to the well and each person would drop a crooked pin into it and made a wish. Overhanging the well is a rock called the King's Chair. Legend has it that a king sat on the rock and directed a legendary battle on the plain below.This area of land is called the Kettles and has given its name to a prehistoric camp which is on the top of the hill."

 

Pictured left is the Well courtesy of Andrew Curtis.

 

Unconfirmed

 

For more information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.

Location

Visitor Information

Wooler is a small town in Northumberland, England.

It is situated on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills.

Pictured left is Wooler town centre courtesy of Richard Slessor. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.