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Ladybower Reservoir

Ladybower Reservoir

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Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Ladybower Reservoir".

Oct 9, 2026

Claire BrownGUEST
59:32
Yeah.
Claire BrownGUEST
59:33
I was thinking myself in the daylight, honestly, Jen, this is hilarious, but I was trying to get parked up by Lady Bower Dam.
Claire BrownGUEST
59:40
And if you know the Heather Dean car park people, anyone listening, you know that it's tough to get into that car park.
Claire BrownGUEST
59:46
And it's about an hour and 20 minutes drive from where I am.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
45:43
But it's dead interesting.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
45:44
And another story that we were talking about coming across stories is There's one out near us, actually, on Derwent Edge near Ladybower, where an old story from the 19th century.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
46:02
And it was in the news in the 1980s, I think, when a teacher saw a spirit up on that edge.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
46:10
And it was of a... young farmer who was apparently out collecting his sheep to bring them to lower ground during the blizzard, got caught out in the blizzard and died of hypothermia.
Jodie BurrellHOST
5:16
Okay.
Tony ButlerGUEST
5:16
And it runs from, um, Ladybower Reservoir, right at the top of the, of the valley end-
Jodie BurrellHOST
5:21
Okay, love
Tony ButlerGUEST
5:22
... up in the, up in the Peak District, where the big reservoir is, and then it, it finishes at the m- at the, in the Trent, about three miles south of Derby.
Alison ScopeHOST
26:20
Yeah, it's point to point along the edges in Derbyshire Peak District, not too far from where we live.
Alison ScopeHOST
26:27
Yeah, it starts at Ladybower.
Alison ScopeHOST
26:29
So, yeah, it was good.
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26:31
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