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Dramatic new video shows lost village underneath Ladybower reservoir as water levels dip
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · War & conflict · 23 h ago
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The churches, pubs, farms, schools and homes of Derwent and Ashopton were submerged in 1943, and what remains today is usually hidden beneath the surface of Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire's picturesque Upper Derwent Valley.
After the summer-long drought, levels have fallen sharply, standing at just 32 per cent capacity.
Now the outlines of dozens of limestone cottages that once housed more than 100 people are visible for the first time since 2018.
The ghost village of Ashopton once boasted its own pubs, an iconic old toll house and the extravagant Derwent Hall before it was wiped off the map.
Britain’s ongoing drought has uncovered the remains of two lost villages which were demolished and flooded to create a reservoir more than 80 years ago.
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