In episode one of the Channel 5 show, Dan and Helen took to the waters of Ladybower Reservoir and heard the story of the sunken villages of Derwent and Ashopton. Both were demolished in the early ...

Ashopton and the neighbouring village of Derwent were both sacrificed in the 1940s to create Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire. Some descendants of the villagers of Ashopton now live in nearby ...

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 ...

The Peak District National Park Authority confirmed that the works will include tree felling across the route as well as ...

Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District, in Derbyshire, was made by engineers. More water was needed for the cities nearby - Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. So this long, deep and ...

The village of Derwent, in Derbyshire, was deliberately submerged in order to create the Ladybower Reservoir. As cities such as Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield continued to expand in ...