Hidden away in the grounds of the UK's number 1 tourist attraction is a derelict gothic mansion1, the original Alton Towers. Very few visitors are actually aware of the buildings existence, or the haunted folklore2 which surrounds it.
Alton Towers was built in an area named bunbury hill. The land started out as an iron age fort in the years before 1000BC and remained that way till saxon king ceolred mercia made it his fortress3 in 700AD. Right through to the 1100s AD, the fort had many uses and many owners, until it was given to a crusader bertram de verdan for his efforts during th
