Hidden beneath 84ft of water, deep below Lake Vyrnwy lies the lost village of Llanwddyn.
Around 200,000 people visit the picturesque Lake Vyrnwy, which is tucked away amongst the Berwyn Mountains, every year.
Little do they know, submerged below all that water are the remains of a small farming village that used to be home to hundreds of people.
The lost village of Llanwddyn
Llanwddyn, at one point, was home to more than 600 people, according to Lake Vyrnwy Tourism.
@nowthisearth As the UK experiences a heat wave and drought, Lake Vyrnwy in Wales is drying up and revealing a once-submerged underwater village. Llanwddyn was deserted in 1880 after a water reservoir for nearby Liverpool was approved, flooding the village. Hidden below the water, it hadn’t been seen since 1976 until the drying reservoir revealed it once again, 46 years later. #climatechange #uk #news ♬ original sound - NowThis Earth
The village, who's occupants were mainly farmers, consisted of a church, two chapels, three inns, ten farmhouses and 37 houses.
Also located within the village was Eunant Hall, a large house and estate owned by a member of the local gentry, Sir Edmund Buckley.
During the 1870s, the Liverpool City Council began searching for a suitable site to build a new reservoir that could supply more water to the expanding Merseyside population, National Museums Liverpool explains.
Llanwddyn was designated as a potential location for Lake Vyrnwy and its reservoir by then Liverpool city engineer George Frederick Deacon.
"He presented his findings to the Liverpool Corporation on 27 November 1788 and the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act was passed by Parliament in 1880," National Museums Liverpool said.
In the years following, Llanwddyn was demolished and flooded by 84ft of water, covering the equivalent of around 600 football pitches.
It is said the residents were never consulted about the drowning and despite opposing the plan, it went ahead.
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The first stone of the Lake Vyrnwy reservoir was laid on July 14, 1881 and by 1892 water had begun flowing to City of Liverpool residents.
Whenever the water levels in Lake Vyrnwy drop to a certain level, you can sometimes catch a glimpse of the lost village.
Locals and tourists were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the remains of the village and Eunant Hall a few years ago.
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