Kingly Vale, a nature reserve near West Stoke in West Sussex, England, is laden with fascinating folklore. The tale that has prevailed time and longest told of these is the Ghostly Coach of Kingly Vale. Legend has it that after Charles II’s restoration in 1660, 11 brothers of the nearby Gumber family turned highwaymen in response to challenging economic times. Taking advantage of the surrounding Chilgrove s Fernbeds, the brothers made the area notorious for robberies, pillaging the wealthy passing through, in a coach pulled by four spectral horses. However, their reign of terror came to an abrupt end when they attacked the wrong victim – a clergyman. The man, a secret warlock, placed a curse on the brothers, leading to them being overcome by their horse, yoked to their loot-filled coach, and dragged in a spectral ride to their deaths down Kingly Vale. Their tormented souls are said to haunt the vale to this day. Some even report eerie noises akin to clattering of hooves and jangling harnesses breaking the night’s silence in the vale’s vicinity, particularly on dark, stormy nights. Locals believe these are echoes of the ill-fated brothers’ spectral coach-ride into doom. Today, the ancient, wind-twisted yew trees scattered throughout Kingly Vale lend a spectral atmosphere to the area, seeming to echo with the diaphanous remnants of this haunting tale. A walk through the vale invariably evokes a sense of otherworldly eeriness, a testament to the power of this enduring local lore.