In 2018, a hot, dry summer descended on the English Midlands, and as the waters of the Ladybower Reservoir fell, the lost village of Derwent emerged. It was all gone. The lanes of gritstone ...

An abandoned village that was purposefully flooded to make way for a huge reservoir has exposed itself several times in the ...

Astonishing photos show the remains of an abandoned village that has been a source of mystery since it was flooded during the Second World War. The historic buildings of Derwent in Derbyshire have ...

A 'lost' village which has re-emerged due to low water levels has been vandalised. The town of Derwent in Derbyshire was purposely flooded by the Ladybower Reservoir between 1935 and 1943.

Derwent was drowned in 1944 along with its limestone cottages, a church, the stone-built country house Derwent Hall and the neighbouring village of Ashopton.

Drowned village where church bells can still be heard rising from mud 80 years later. ... Tourists explore the ruins of Derwent emerging from the mud in a dry spell (Tim Hallam / Wikimedia Commons ...

In addition to Derwent, the neighbouring village of Ashopton was also sacrificed. Some visitors to the BBC East Midlands Facebook page, external remembered the reservoir being particularly low in ...

It quickly became apparent that two would not be sufficient, and so a third was rehired. This dam was the nail in the coffin for Derwent, and by 1945, it was completely underwater.

In 2018, a hot, dry summer descended on the English Midlands, and as the waters of the Ladybower Reservoir fell, the lost village of Derwent emerged. It was all gone. The lanes of gritstone ...