Lake
Ladybower Reservoir
Hope Valley, East Midlands
A reservoir with a drowned village and a famous dam.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Ladybower and its neighbours Derwent and Howden are reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley. Two villages lie beneath the water. Cycle hire runs from Fairholmes, and a flat path circles the reservoirs.
Good to know
- Hire bikes at Fairholmes
- Visit the Derwent Dam, used in Dambusters training
- Getting there
- Sealed road, car park at Fairholmes
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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