Gloucester Antiques Centre Halloween Ghost Tour

Paul Cowmeadow is leading a ghost tour of the Gloucester Antiques Centre on Saturday 31 October, running from 12:30pm to 2:00pm. It's an investigative walk through 26 Westgate Street, the centre's own home and one of Britain's finest examples of a medieval timber-framed townhouse, which dates back to the 15th century. The route takes you across different levels inside the building, so you'll be moving through the actual rooms rather than just standing in one spot.

Those rooms have a long history of their own. Over the centuries they've been occupied by merchants, clothiers and the judiciary; the house served as Assize Judge's Lodgings and was thought to have been used by Colonel Massey as a military headquarters during the Siege of Gloucester in 1643. Up on the upper floors, the Tudor roofing and windows are still beautifully preserved, with views across the city to Gloucester Cathedral. It's a lot of history to hold in one building, and the tour is built around that.

The centre itself houses more than 40 dealers and has its own following: the cast of the BBC comedy 'Allo, 'Allo are regular visitors, and the shop has featured on Bargain Hunt. Cowmeadow is a local paranormal expert, and he'll be the one leading the way through the house. It's a daytime tour, so you'll see the place in full light rather than in the dark, and the focus is on the building's past and what might still be lingering in it.

It runs from 12:30pm to 2:00pm on Halloween, so it's a midday thing rather than a late-night one. Tickets are £10 per person.