The former BBC presenter went to weird events at a place known locally as The Chamber, which had a ceremonial whipping post in the centre of the room.

The room was decorated with an occult style pentagram and goats heads.

The building housing The Chamber still exists in Whitby, North Yorkshire, but has since been redecorated and the whipping post removed.

Officers working on Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree investigation will travel to the coastal town in the coming days to interview a local resident who has been amassing a file of evidence about the strange goings on there decades ago.

The man, who declined to be named, said: “There is a substantial amount of information to show Savile was invited to Satanic rituals in Whitby on a number of occasions. Once someone made a recording of what unfolded and that film is still said to be in existence in DVD form.

“From what I understand, this was not so much serious Satanic ritual, but celebrities and local dignitaries dancing around naked with a Satanic theme going on.”

A man from nearby Scarborough will tomorrow visit Scotland Yard in London with more information about Savile’s paedophile activities in the town.

On Friday night Scarborough councillors stripped disgraced Savile of his freedom of the borough status as more allegations surfaced about the disc jockey’s friend, late ice cream parlour boss and former mayor Peter Jaconelli.

Councillor Geoff Evans, 64, said the politician inappropriately embraced him in his ice cream parlour in the early Sixties.

He said: “It was quite obvious what he was doing. I was quite surprised as it was in the middle of his shop while someone else was serving.

“I managed to get free and I didn’t tell anyone. I was rather surprised as I didn’t think men did things like that. I didn’t even know him.”