Borley Rectory reconstruction site: has anyone visited recently?

For those who don't know, there's been a massive push to reconstruct Borley Rectory in Essex over the last few months. The site's been excavated, foundations verified, and they're planning to build a heritage museum-slash-visitor centre with a reconstructed version of the rectory itself.

My question is: has anyone actually been out there since the excavations started? I'm curious whether the paranormal activity - if it ever existed - has changed, stopped, or intensified now that they're literally digging up the ground.

Borley has the reputation as "the most haunted house in England," but most of the famous incidents happened in the 1920s-30s when it was still standing. The house burned down in 1939. Since then, it's just been a field with a reputation.

I'm wondering if the reported hauntings were tied to the actual building structure, or to the location itself. If they're reconstructing it, will they rebuild the hauntings too? Or have the spirits already moved on?

Anyone fancy a ghost hunt when the reconstruction's finished?

I live about forty minutes from Borley and I've been watching the construction updates. From what I can tell, the excavation didn't reveal anything particularly spooky - just foundations and a lot of 1930s rubbish. No bones, no unexplained artifacts, nothing that suggests supernatural activity was ever literally embedded in the ground.

The thing about Borley is that a lot of the "haunting" stories came from the rector's wife, who basically admitted in later life that she'd been embellishing for attention. The famous "phantom nun" sightings? Probably local hysteria plus confirmation bias. That doesn't mean nothing strange happened there, but it does mean we should be skeptical of the historical record.

If they're reconstructing it, will they rebuild the hauntings too?

That's actually a genuinely interesting philosophical question. There's some research suggesting that paranormal activity is tied to buildings specifically - the stones, the layout, the accumulated history. If they rebuild using modern materials in the same footprint, does it carry the same "charge"?

Mate, I've been to Borley field about six times since 2015. It's the most boring paranormal location in the UK, honestly. Just a field with a sad little visitors sign. I've had more paranormal activity in Tesco car park at midnight. If you want a proper haunt in Essex, go to Penthouse Hill or Pleshey Castle instead.

I'll definitely be going when the reconstruction opens. The heritage museum aspect will be worth the trip even if nothing spooky happens. But yeah, I'm skeptical that reconstructing the building will recreate the phenomena. Ghosts probably don't respond to architectural restoration planning permits.