Haweswater and The Lost Village of Mardale Green

After a very dry summer the lost village of Mardale Green has reappeared from underneath the surface of Haweswater in the Lake District, Cumbria. The village was submerged when the level of the lake was raised in the 1930's to supply water to Manchester and the north west of England. Haweswater supplies 25% of the drinking water to the north west. Join me for a look around the submerged village including some great footage from the drone.

[TonyUK]

I can remember my first visit on the Coast to Coast Hike I did prior to joining the Army in 1976. Much more is visible in this video. I return after I left the Army in 1979. Such a peacefull location. Its nice to see how it was.

[dominikabortacka]

Few years ago I read Haweswater by Sarah Hall. That's really awesome that I can see this place in this video. Thank you so much 😊 Greetings from Poland

[able]

Fascinating! a detectorist's paradise I bet!

[jasoncox]

My great grandmother Marie (pronounced proper, Mariah) Kitchen lived in Mardale. Her brother Thomas Powley Kitchen had one boot raised as he was wounded in ww1. The Kitchens had 2 farms in the area. Her daughter was Magret Riddley, who begat Joyce Todd who is sat by me now. She very much enjoyed this video and said, " Aye, tis a sad tale thou's tellin.".

[tippysdaddy]

Fascinating! Thank you so much for the video.

[eddiecaisley]

Really interesting video with lots of good info. Cheers. Eddie.

[CampervanTales]

Blinking heck. We thought it was low a couple of years ago! That was nowt compared to now. Fascinating history. Very sad that these old villages have been lost but amazing how they come back in times of drought to remind us of their past. Thanks Paul.

[kevinevans]

Another enjoyable video Paul, enjoy these fascinating stories 👍

[johnwyldbore]

I walked around Mardale village when I was 11 in 1984 or the year after. I remember it very well but at that age I didn’t appreciate where I was or the significance of the destruction of Mardale. Really want to go back but will have to wait a while I reckon. Fantastic video and thank you for sharing. 😀👍🏻👍🏻

[billdixon]

Thanks Paul, great Vid.
You’ve clearly got a great research team behind you. Hollow buttress dam!

[bear]

Great video Paul very informative and beautifully shot, what an amazing place and story, thanks for all the effort that you put in to it and for risking life and limb to share it with us, loved it. 👍 great work mate.

[loopylyn]

I am sure that none of the residents wanted to leave their homes... were they relocated or compensated at all?

[rachelbrooks]

I did wonder when you said the take off tower was just round this corner! Haha
This always makes me so sad…has such an eerieness to it…

[mbsraynnjek]

🤢😢 Fantastic but also verry awfull to see this kind of destruction

[billsmith]

Boots. Get yourself a pair of Whites or Wesco Boots. Either firm’s fire boots are great for off-trail.

[ThatllDoVlog]

Following some further research, I believe I was wrong on the location of the church, however the story of its demolition is still correct. 😀 I was right about the location of the inn though. 😎👍🏻

[deelieta]

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing. What's it like this year ? Is there even more showing now ?