Shining Cliff Woods is home to a large area of abandoned warehouses, once belonging to a cabling business that is now defunct. The warehouses are covered in graffiti and moss, their ceilings caved in and windows boarded up. Last summer a teenage boy climbed onto a roof here and died when he fell. You can see the small hole he fell through, and the flowers that lie in his memory have turned brown and yellow in the winter months.

Abandoned Oakhurst Manor House was built in the 1800's, it has been used as a retreat for monks and has been converted into flats. Now it lies in ruins, slowly being returned to the forest that surrounds it. It is infamous for a previous owner 'William' who died inside of the Manor house. Several paranormal explorers have investigated the house and have experienced a lot of haunted activity.

Probably the coolest secret in these woods is the Berry Kenney tree. Back in the 1700's, a family of coal burners lived nomadic in the woods, bringing up 8 wild children. One of their favourite spots to set up camp was a 1,000 year old yew tree, where Betty used to rock her children to sleep in a large bough of the tree. Apparently, this is where the lullaby 'Rock-a-bye baby' comes from! After a devastating fire in the 1930's, the tree is now dead. It still stands proud at the highest point of the woods, in it’s own little clearing in the pines.

People have witnessed hearing a woman screaming and children laughing throughout the woods.

It's a terrifying place to be a night... Fancy investigating with us??