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 ...

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 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.

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Vandals have scratched graffiti on buildings, and stones have been removed from walls of a lost Derbyshire village, hidden beneath Ladybower reservoir. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

Bamford is a village tucked away in the verdant folds ... One of the key attractions in Bamford is the Ladybower Reservoir, a vast body of water encircled by forests and walking trails loved ...

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.