Most Dangerous River In The World? (Bolton Strid)🇬🇧

Date: 9th January 2022
Location: Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire
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GoPro Hero 10
Zhiyun Crane M2 Handheld Gimbal
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There are many gorgeous rivers and streams on the planet, locations where you can't help but remove your shoes and put your feet in the water. Most of the time, this is a perfectly safe (and enjoyable) way to cool off on a hot summer day, but there is one little-known stream in England where going much further could result in death.
"Looks can be deceiving," as the saying goes. You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but the Bolton Strid, a small creek in the town of Bolton, has a sinister reputation. Locals claim that anyone who enters the stream will die, yet there are no official data on how many lives this small stream has taken.
The figure is so high that the officials in Bolton Abbey have up a warning sign that reads: "The Strid is a deadly creature that has claimed many lives in the past. Please keep a safe distance and watch out for slipping pebbles."
This small stretch of water, located beside the River Wharfe not far from the ruins of a 12th-century Augustinian monastery (known as Bolton Priory), is only a few feet wide, compared to the Wharfe's 9 metres (30 feet). The river is wide and shallow just yards upstream, but as you drift closer to the Strid, you'll notice that it narrows and deepens dramatically-almost as if you were flipping the river completely on its side.
The waters may not appear to be very dangerous, but several persons who have attempted to leap the 1.8 metres (six feet) from one side of the creek to the other and fallen in have gone missing.
To begin with, the stream isn't quite as narrow as it appears. It's easy to be fooled by appearances. It's actually heavily undercut on both sides, implying that the bank doesn't slope smoothly or steeply, but rather that the water has eroded the ground soil to the point of an overhang. Not only does this compromise stability, but the ground beneath it is riddled with tunnels and caverns where the majority of the river's water is hidden. Also, even if you weren't about to die, you wouldn't be having fun if you jumped and lost your balance.
The water rushing from the River Wharfe to the Strid is compressed as it narrows, resulting in a bottleneck effect in which the water's speed increases substantially and very quickly. Additionally, the narrowing causes the water current to alter direction, moving vertically rather than horizontally. As you might expect, because the depth is unknown, this will pull swimmers deep beneath the surface, making it difficult to escape by pushing up with your feet in the deep end of the pool.
Fast currents, underwater vortices, and whirlpools would likewise be at your mercy. Swimming in any direction would be impossible. If you got drawn into the caves and crevices eroded beneath the cliff face, the currents would grab you and throw you against the hard rocks, smashing you about. Drowning isn't the worst thing that might happen to you in the Strid; at the very least, you'd die soon.
To read more information about the Bolton Strid: interestingengineering.com/th...
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[@charlesbraund7931]

Although it might seem ludicrous to suggest, if you fell in above the Strid in these conditions, you are probably more likely to survive than if the river isn't in spate. Obviously, the chances of surviving falling in under any conditions at the Strid are pretty much zero but in high water there is a marginally lesser chance of being dragged down into the normal complex underwater topography. I've seen it a lot higher than this when it is over all of the rocks - pretty much including where the photographer is standing. Even in a drought with very little water flowing, it is still generally deadly. Although it is supposed to be 100% fatal, there have been one or two exceptionally lucky people who have survived (one back in the 70's from what I remember). It would certainly be "safer" to kayak when high water is running though it is still not a good idea.

[@TravelWithAandL]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@lustforlife358]

Great footage, well captured!!

[@TravelWithAandL]

Thank you!!

[@FerrellBill]

From what I've read, far, far more dangerous than it appears.

[@TravelWithAandL]

Yes definitely, looks are definitely deceiving in this case 😳