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Am looking for information on a future dive/site. I remember when younger about a village being flooded to make a resivour. I think the town was intact and you could sometimes see the church spire sticking out the water during low water. Does anyone know where this is or even if its divable. any information is greatly appreciated i think it was north wales somewhere
there are a couple of flooded villages round near me at staunton res and rutland water but due to them being owned by seven trent you can not dive them due to the heath and safety risk of building/walls falling while diving, which is a shame would make a change from stoney
There's quite a few around the peak district I believe - apparently one of the tourist information centres around me wanted to make a video of divers swimming around them, I think they gave up when someone told them that they probably wouldn't be able to get nice panoramic shots down the main street because the water is normally the colour of a very stewed cup of tea!
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Am looking for information on a future dive/site. I remember when younger about a village being flooded to make a resivour. I think the town was intact and you could sometimes see the church spire sticking out the water during low water. Does anyone know where this is or even if its divable. any information is greatly appreciated i think it was north wales somewhere
If you log on to the Yorkshire Divers forum there is a long thread about diving a place called Capel Celyn. [Search Capel Celyn]
There was alot of interest in diving the place. There is a sunken village there apparently. The long shot was that United Utilities refused permision to dive there.
Another United Utilites place is Hawswater with the sunken village of Mardale. I think UU have now refused diving there too. They used to allow it and charge people.
Gary
Gary
Andy (treerat)
01-05-2010, 21:47
A couple of the resivoirs on the Cornwall / Devon border have building sunder them as does the one in Dorset at Lulworth.
None are allowed divers in though :(
I've been looking around the web and have come across this thread on another forum ( hope it's ok to post this link). Http:/www.ukdivers.com/forums/thread-2975-page-1.HTML Looks spooky And well worth getting wet for. It's north Wales
I suspect the OP is referring to
Ladybower Reservoir
The Ladybower Reservoir is the newest of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire. It was completed in 1945 to provide drinking water for the cities of the north and east Midlands.
Bizarrely, the reservoir's selected location meant that the villages of Derwent and Ashopton had to be sacrificed in its waters, although the church spire was still used until recently for boat moorings when water levels were low. The valley is now a scenic tourist attraction and visited year-round by walkers, cyclists and picnickers.
I don't believe diving is allowed.
ChristianG
02-05-2010, 18:08
There are any number of "drowned" villages, usually caused by damning and especially so in Europe.
We even have one here in Oz (Jindabyne) (http://www.abyss.com.au/TJindabyne.html) which got drowned during the construction of the Snowy River Hydro Electric Scheme way back in the fifties (I think it was).
I've dived it, it was black, to the extent that when I hit the mud I didn't realise what I'd done, black is quite definitely black, and I have to admit it was no great fun even though, in our day, the operator tossed us the keys to the boat (assuming pretty well automatically that we had boat licenses), gave us the transepts and said "go for it". I doubt that would happen today but it was just as well that all four of us actually did have boat licenses because the authorities came and checked. They were quite incredulous when we said that they'd have to wait until we were able to open our dry suits, scratching their heads that these things were able to keep us dry.
There's an Italian village, the name escapes me and I couldn't be bothered to go and look, which has a church spire permanently sticking out of the water that is diveable and apparently very scenic.
There's also an Austrian lake where you can dive in a drowned park. Again, good viz.
OneDragons
02-05-2010, 19:17
So in summary, there are several underwater villages but none are diveable :(
Still looking ive found another site called Haweswater. Its another town flooded to make a damn. it had/has a road, bridge and buildings more info can be found here:www.freshwaterdiver.com:) might try to contact someone from the bbc to see where the video i posted a link to was filmed
Mike Halligan
03-05-2010, 17:32
Haweswater/Mardale "village" is United Utilities' reservoir which dries in exceptionally hot summers.
Haweswater/Mardale "village" is United Utilities' reservoir which dries in exceptionally hot summers.
Some interesting pictures on this website...
Mardale Green Website (http://www.mardale.green.talktalk.net/)
Show you what it was like during the dry spell.
Gary
robscubaproxlt
03-05-2010, 18:17
Blithfield reservoir in Staffordshire i know for a fact has a town in its depths.I used to windsurf there a lot and one hot summer as the demand for water increased the water level went way down compared to what it usually does. it is purely for demand and it is severn trents largest volume of water i think in the uk. The area where the church sits was cordoned off in the heatwave due to the water demand being so high, the church steeple was clearly seen above water level and the windsurfing and yachts had to avoid the area.
WalesSianJones
02-05-2011, 21:57
I know this thread is over a year old but in reply to your original post, the village you are asking about is called Capel Celyn. It was flooded to supply water to Liverpool in 1965. Many buildings were ripped down but it is said that on a nice day you are able to see the cross on the steeple. But i have never seen it to be honest, also i think its just a tale i think because looking at pictures of the old church there before the flood, it didnt have a steeple. And another village that was flooded is also under Lake Vyrnwy. During a drought in 1933, the village came visable for a short time. but here is a link to some pictures taken of that village by someone. Very spooky.
http://fantasticjournal.blogspot.com/2009/09/village-of-damned.html
OneDragons
02-05-2011, 22:29
Wow, so is this site still diveable? If so where is it?
andyevans1981
02-05-2011, 22:43
If you log on to the Yorkshire Divers forum there is a long thread about diving a place called Capel Celyn. [Search Capel Celyn]
There was alot of interest in diving the place. There is a sunken village there apparently. The long shot was that United Utilities refused permision to dive there.
Another United Utilites place is Hawswater with the sunken village of Mardale. I think UU have now refused diving there too. They used to allow it and charge people.
Gary
Gary
The lake is called Llyn Tryweryn its a few miles out of Bala, Gwynedd. I wouldnt of thought there would be much to see there, you can google images of capel celyn too see.
andyevans1981
03-05-2011, 08:42
Lake Vyrnwy just outside Bala, Gwynedd
Still looking ive found another site called Haweswater. Its another town flooded to make a damn. it had/has a road, bridge and buildings more info can be found here:www.freshwaterdiver.com:) might try to contact someone from the bbc to see where the video i posted a link to was filmed
The Hawswater site was mentioned in an earlier post in this thread. I don't think there is much left at Mardale, however a dive under the bridge is possible. As said before, Hawswater is owned by United Utilities and my understanding is that they have withdrawn diving permits for the site.
THe Freshwaterdiver link does not work for me and has not done so for some time. But I have the original site link.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/freshwaterdiver/
Sorry miss read the date thought it was posted yesterday not last year...
Gary
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