Editing Ladybower Reservoir (section)

==Flooded villages==
[[File:Church tower at Ladybower Reservoir.png|thumb|left|The church tower of [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]] slowly disappearing below the water as the reservoir was filled in 1946]]
The building of the reservoir resulted in the submergence of the villages of [[Ashopton]] and [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]], including Derwent Woodlands church and Derwent Hall. Ashopton stood roughly where the road to the [[Snake Pass]] met the Snake valley. The buildings in Ashopton were demolished before the reservoir was filled, but much of the structure of Derwent village was still visible during a dry summer some 14 years later. Derwent Bridge, a narrow stone [[packhorse bridge]], over the Derwent was removed and rebuilt at the head of the Howden reservoir. The clock tower of the church had been left standing and the upper part of it was visible above the water level until 1947, when it was seen as a hazard and demolished with explosives on 15 December.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harry |first=Gill |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/499712295 |title=The story of the lost villages of Derwent and Ashopton. |date=1947 |publisher=H. Gill |oclc=499712295}}</ref>

In 1976, 1995, 2018,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=17 November 2018 |title=Low water levels reveal abandoned village |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-46236792 |access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref> and 2022<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hardwick |first1=Thomas |title=Remarkable photos show water levels continuing to dwindle at Derbyshire reservoir |url=https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/environment/remarkable-photos-show-water-levels-continuing-to-dwindle-at-derbyshire-reservoir-revealing-eerie-remains-of-drowned-village-3861192 |website=Derbyshire Times |publisher=National World Publishing Ltd. |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref> dry conditions caused the water level to drop and the village of Derwent to once again be exposed.In 2018, this caused unprecedented crowds to visit the rarely visible site. On 3 November 2018, a man had to be rescued by a mountain rescue team after getting stuck in extremely thick mud around the ruins of the village.<ref name=":0" /> On 17 November 2018 it was reported that the site had been vandalised by some of those visiting, with park rangers forced to stop visitors removing items from the site and with graffiti scrawled on some buildings.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 November 2018 |title=Rarely seen abandoned village vandalised |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-46316985 |access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref>