Borley Rectory vs Pendle Hill – which is actually the more active site?

Been doing some reading about haunted locations in England and I keep coming back to two: Borley Rectory (or what's left of it) and Pendle Hill in Lancashire. Both have serious historical documentation of paranormal activity. Both have multiple reliable witnesses going back decades. But which is actually more 'active' in paranormal terms?

Borley has the advantage of continuous documentation going back to the 1800s - literally decades of recorded phenomena, poltergeist activity, apparitions, the lot. But the original building's been destroyed so you're investigating the site rather than the actual location.

Pendle Hill has more recent activity (sightings and strange phenomena reported regularly) and the location is still intact, which might make investigation easier. Plus the historical context is fascinating - witch trials, ancient pagan worship site, etc. - so there's definitely 'energy' there in the sense of historical trauma.

Has anyone here investigated either location properly? Which would you recommend as a base for serious paranormal research in the Southeast?

Pendle Hill is brilliant for hiking and the atmosphere is genuinely eerie, especially if you know the history. But for active paranormal phenomena, I haven't experienced anything concrete there. Strange feelings, cold spots, that kind of thing, but nothing you could document. Borley at least has historical reports of phenomena you could theoretically try to replicate or investigate.

Pendle Hill has more recent activity (sightings and strange phenomena reported regularly)

Borley's a bit of a dead location now, honestly. Too picked over, too many ghost hunters traipsing about over the decades. If there *was* activity, it might have dissipated. Also the original building's importance can't be overstated - locations are often tied to physical structures, not just the ground. New building, new energy (or lack thereof).

Never properly investigated either but I've visited both. Borley felt more genuinely unsettling - proper cold spots, weird atmosphere. Pendle was beautiful and historically interesting but didn't give me that 'something's watching' feeling. But that's subjective isn't it.

If you're serious about investigation, why not do both and document it properly? Set baseline readings, EMF monitoring, thermal imaging, the lot. That's the only way you'll actually know which is more active. Anecdotal impressions are interesting but useless as data.

Worth mentioning that Pendle's under heavy tourist traffic these days. Lots of people walking about, phones, cars parked nearby. Environmental interference could be masking genuine phenomena. Better investigated on a weekday morning than a weekend when it's rammed.