The Union Inn on Watch House Lane began in the 18th century as a waterfront tavern for fishermen and sailors, and expanded in Victorian times for Cowes Week visitors.
Haunted Hosts ties the haunting to a storm in which the inn's guide light failed and local fishing vessels and crews were lost, among them the innkeeper's husband. The fisherman's wife is linked to phantom footsteps, and a bearded sailor is said to appear to guests. The page does not name any witnesses.
The story of the guide light tragedy is told without a date, ship names or a record of the loss, so it may be a traditional explanation fitted to the footsteps. It is included as a tagged tradition, with the pin placed from the street name.
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