Ashopton in north Derbyshire had a population of about 100 people and boasted dozens of cottages, a pub and village ... under water in 1943. It made way for the giant Ladbybower Reservoir that ...

The churches, pubs, farms, schools and homes of Derwent and Ashopton were submerged in 1943, and what remains today is ...

A third reservoir, Ladybower, was approved to be built ... Ashopton, the second sunken village, also lay undisturbed under the water, but I knew there was no chance of ever seeing it as it ...

The photos paint an idyllic picture of Ashopton, which made way for Ladybower reservoir along with its neighbouring village of Derwent ... cottages to be submerged under water.

with the completion of Ladybower. Among the buildings destroyed in the 1940s to make way for the reservoir were Ashopton’s inn and village hall, post office and Methodist chapel. Ashopton truly ...

The flooded villages of Derwent and Ashopton sit spookily under water after ... seen - poking out of the reservoir. When it gets very hot, people can walk through the village community.

Two abandoned villages deliberately flooded in 1943 to make way for the Ladybower ... of Derwent village. “The long dry spring and summer has lowered the water levels of the reservoir slowly ...

The long-lost ruins of a submerged church have been unearthed after reservoir levels dropped. Back in the 1940s, the village of Derwent in Derbyshire was flooded to make way for the Ladybower ...

Walkers exploring the ruins of a ‘lost’ village exposed by the drought at Ladybower Reservoir near Sheffield ... several reservoirs under Yorkshire Water’s management also contain the ...

Walkers are repeatedly getting stuck on mud flats in an attempt to explore 'abandoned villages' under a reservoir ... by record low water levels at Ladybower Reservoir, Derbyshire.