Borley Rectory - actually worth visiting or just tourist trap?

I'm planning a paranormal tour of Essex next month and Borley Rectory is obviously on the list. But I'm wondering if it's actually worth the trip or if it's just a bunch of ruins that have been massively over-hyped by paranormal tourism.

I've read Harry Price's reports and they're fascinating, but also... he was pushing a narrative quite heavily wasn't he? Some of his "evidence" seems a bit dodgy when you look at it with modern eyes. That said, the historical accounts of activity before Price even showed up are genuinely unsettling.

Has anyone actually been there and felt something? Or had an experience? Is there any activity recorded there in recent years, or is it all just echo of what happened 80+ years ago?

Went there in 2019, broad daylight, and honestly felt nothing. It's literally just a field with some brick foundations now - the main house was demolished in 1944. You can stand where the Rectory supposedly was, but without any structure it's hard to get a sense of the place. Tourist trap, unfortunately. Better off visiting Pendle Hill or somewhere with actual standing buildings.

The thing about Borley is that most of Harry Price's most famous incidents were never properly verified. The "Faux Monk" apparition, the flying brick incidents - a lot of it was witness testimony filtered through Price's interpretation. That doesn't mean nothing happened, but it does mean we should be skeptical of the most sensational claims.

I visited with a local paranormal group in 2021 and we did get some interesting EMF spikes near the old well. Nothing dramatic, but enough that I think there's *something* residual there. The land itself has a strange energy - I wouldn't want to spend the night there, put it that way. Worth seeing once if you're in the area, but don't expect Hollywood-style haunting.

Borley is absolutely worth visiting because of its historical significance to paranormal investigation, even if you don't experience anything yourself. It's basically the birthplace of methodical ghost hunting in England. Go for the history, appreciate the location, and if something happens, that's a bonus.