Due to the recent droughts in the UK, the water level of Haweswater reservoir has lowered massively. It’s been 70 years since the drowned village Mardale Green has been able to make an appearance, having been deliberately flooded in 1940 with the reservoir’s construction. In 1929 they started to build the Haweswater dam but ran out of funds due to the great depression and the project stood idle for 4 years. They began building the dam again in 1939 and finished in 1940.
Visitors wanting to see the remains of the once-thriving farming community of Mardale could choose to stay at the Haweswater Hotel on the shores of teh reservoir or in the nearby town of Kendal, in a luxury riverside apartment fromKendal Cottages.
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It’s not exactly been 70 years since it made an appearance, it shows up every few years, i think the last time was in ‘96, but certainly less than 28 years ago because I went and had a look!!!