Originally the village of Mardale was a thriving community in Cumbria, that all changed in 1935 when the area was flooded and the village submerged to make the new Haweswater reservoir which feeds much of the Manchester area’s water needs.
75 years on the remains of the village once are once again beginning to emerge as the area basks in record sunshine and the lowest rainfall since 1929. Currently only parts of the village are visible such as a farm track and the tops of some buildings, but if as predicted the drought carries on the village may once again emerge complete as it did once before in 1985.
Such a rare event is also expected to start drawing large crowds which could be good for the areas tourism, although the current predictions suggest that it will take a dry spell at least to August for this to happen.
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My dad took me in 1985 and it was the oddest thing – a ghost town. I’d love to see it again.
Me too – was about 10 and even at that age it’ hits you as quite remarkable that you can walk around this place which disappeared 50 years before.
Kindof looking forward to it reappearing to that extent again and I guess this time some of the kids who ran around it then will be able to show their own kids.