The Yorkshire Water reservoir near Ripponden is so dry that the ancient packhorse bridge has been exposed - submerged since the reservoir was flooded in the 1950s - and the bed of what was once a lake now resembles a desert landscape.
Baitings has become a tourist attraction in recent weeks as nationally water levels in reservoirs have dropped to their lowest level since 1995.
The nearby Huddersfield Narrow Canal has also run dry as a result of reservoir supply shortages and has been closed to boats.
And at Thruscross Reservoir in the Washburn Valley near Otley, the drought has revealed the remains of a 'lost' village flooded in the 1960s to make way for the project.
![Both the modern and ancient bridges are now fully exposed](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NzEyMjA1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Visitors on the old packhorse bridge, normally well under water](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NzEyMjA2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![A classic car passes over the modern bridge built to replace the old crossing point in the 1950s](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NzEyMjA3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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A classic car passes over the modern bridge built to replace the old crossing point in the 1950s
![The loss of water is staggering](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI2NzEyMjA4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)