Thanks - didn't appreciate that some of the Lakes are really reservoirs. Our largest one is the Derwent reservoir (actually, since there are three dams, it's the Ladybower-Derwent-Howden reservoirs):
This is where they tested the bouncing bombs used in WWII.
There are two villages underneath and they didn't bother to move the church ...
Quite fond of this reservoir because it's where one of our boys learned to cycle - you can hire bikes and take various tracks around the reservoirs - from 5 to 12 miles.
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Originally Posted by goosey
Haweswater is another beauty - also in the Lake District 2007
Originally Haweswater was a natural lake about 4km long before it was turned into a resevoir in 1935. Another sad tale of all the farms and dwellings of Mardale Green and Measand villages being demolished as well as the centuries-old Dun Bull Inn at Mardale Green. The village church was dismantled and the stone used in constructing the dam. The area was then flooded. The building of the dam raised the water level by 29 metres (95 feet) and created a reservoir six kilometres (four miles) long and around 600 metres (almost half a mile) wide. When the water level is low the remains can still be seen.
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