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 ...

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 ...

The eerie remains of a lost village submerged underwater in the 1940s have been making a ghostly reappearance when the weather is particularly hot and dry. The slowly rotting ruins of buildings ...

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 ...

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.

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 and Ashopton were deliberately flooded in 1943. Skip to Main Content. ... The pump house from Derwent village, flooded to create the reservoir in 1943. PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images.

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.

Walkers exploring the ruins of a ‘lost’ village exposed by the ... a walker had taken a tumble whilst walking down the banks of Ladybower Reservoir to view the exposed remains of Derwent village.

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 ...

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 ...

The remains of a long-lost Derbyshire village which had been submerged underwater have been revealed. Derwent was drowned in 1944 along with its limestone cottages, a church, the stone-built ...