Haunted Hosts

A Maldon landmark, the Blue Boar has been an inn for over 600 years. It played host to countless sailors, merchants, and even highwaymen over the centuries. The oldest wing (ca. 1400) survived multiple town fires and boasts connections to famous figures: legend holds that Tudor courtiers stayed here when Maldon was a thriving port. The building features a Georgian facade added in the 1700s, masking its older core. Beneath the inn, a secret tunnel is said to run toward the River Blackwater – possibly used by smugglers in ages past. The inn’s rich tapestry includes service as a Victorian coaching inn and a WWII billet for airmen. With its antiquity and continuous operation, the Blue Boar encapsulates Maldon’s history and is even mentioned in local archives and literature as a centerpiece of the “most haunted town in Essex”.