Basking amidst 1,000 acres of stunning scenery, the castle has been home to the exquisitely eccentric Leslie family for three hundred years. Today, the castle opens its doors to paying guests who find themselves transported in time to a bygone era. The Leslie family has, over the generations, played hosts to the likes of Dean Swift, W.B. Yeats, Sir John Betjeman and Mick Jagger. The building that greets you today dates from 1878, and every one of its 14 bedrooms has a tale to tell. The Red Room is haunted by Norman Leslie who was killed in action in 1914 and whose mother, Lady Marjorie, awoke here one night to find his ghost standing by the chest of drawers, surrounded by a "cloud of light". Norman's spirit was leafing through some letters and seemed to be seeking one in particular. Sitting up, she asked him "Why Norman - what are you doing here?" whereupon he turned to her, smiled and faded away. Time stands still at Castle Leslie, and its ambience is such that you find yourself falling wholeheartedly under the spell of a family whose past eccentricities are a sheer joy to discover. Strange occurrences, such as mysterious grey figures twisting their way along atmospheric corridors and bells ringing of their own accord, seem positively mundane when pitted against the escapades of generations of Leslie's.


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