The Latest Breaking News from Derwent

Long-lost ruins of church submerged in reservoir finally unearthed in heatwave

Back in the 1940s, the village of Derwent in Derbyshire was flooded to make way for the Ladybower Reservoir which is now feeling the full effects of the recent dry weather

Daily Mirror · Aug 16, 2022

Drowned village where church bells can still be heard rising from mud 80 years later

Families were evacuated and buildings submerged when picturesque Derbyshire valley was sacrificed to create a reservoir to provide water for fast-growing cities

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2022

Doomed villagers discuss fate in lost photo of hamlet drowned to make reservoir serving Nottingham

How two bustling communities were drowned to make way for ambitious project

Nottingham Post · Mar 20, 2022