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 ...

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 ...

Discover more about sunken villages across Europe – from Wales to Greece – and how exactly their existence came about ...

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 ...

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 ...