The most dangerous river in the world? The Strid.

The Strid or The Bolton Strid
Is it really the world's deadliest stretch of river?
Its natural beauty belies its intense danger. Slippery mossy rocks, and on days like this with ice around, the rocks are even more deadly, though the water level looks relatively low, there are hidden dangers.
Take a look at @jackasnacks channel for a look how he tried to measure the depth of The Strid.
/ @jackasnacks
I remember coming here quite a few times back in the 80s as a young boy, with my sister and parents, Dad would tell us how dangerous it was, and point out the pot holes in the rocks formed by the whirlpools and currents, though at that time I was probably 7 maybe 8, and didn't really know how dangerous and deep it truly was. I suppose I just knew I was safe with my family. Happy care free days.
Kids......... listen to your parents!
The nearby sign says that the strid is up to 9m deep or more than 2 double deckers on top of each other.
The river has in effect turned on its side and is being forced through the rocky gorge, carving out caves, potholes and undercuts in the rocks over hundreds of thousands of years.
If you were to enter the churning water you would more than likely be held down by undercurrents, and even if you could hold your breathe would be smashed against the rocks by the sheer force of the water. it is claimed the strid has a near 100% death rate, though no records are kept.
The water level can rise extremely quickly, as happened on the fateful day in August 1998 that tragically took the lives of a couple, who were only on the second day of their honeymoon, water levels had risen 5 feet in less than a minute because of heavy rain.
On Friday 14th September 1934 Arthur Reginald Smith who had a fascination and love of the river, disappeared whilst on a painting trip to the strid. Police found his easel and painting equipment on a rock near the Strids narrowest point. His body wasn't found for 11 days, but was submerged in a pool only 50 yards away from where his easel had been found. His ashes were scattered in the river he loved.
So what do you think? does The Bolton Strid deserve the title of worlds deadliest stretch of water, I must admit I would think rivers with Crocodiles or Alligators or such like would come to mind first.
What is this magnificent looking bridge for then? It looks as though it should have a steam train crossing it, but it is in fact The Nidd Aqueduct completed in 1899 the later years of the Victorian era, when even functional structures were designed with great pride and care, to look good. The water pipe is enclosed under the footpath. It feeds water from Angram and Scar House reservoirs in upper Nidderdale, 32 mi to Bradford in West Yorkshire.
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[@peterbock5372]

Inoffizielle Messungen gehen stellenweise von über 60m Tiefe aus!

[@peterbock5372]

By my opinion only not more than 10.000 years were necessary to form the strid. This valley seems to me as if it had been shaped by the last iceage an the river's water just deepened it. Similar erosion-figures are to be found in Germany - but they are not as spectacular.

[@biggerandbetterthings7222]

Surreal how the Water ontop barely seems to flow, scary stuff! great vid!

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Thanks for watching

[@jackasnacks]

Enjoyed the video mate, thumbs up from me! Love seeing people come out with more Strid content

[@eastwoodsadventures]

Thanks, it's a beautiful and dangerous place in equal measures. Many happy childhood memories of Bolton Abbey.

[@SPd.Triple]

I live here. Nobody who goes IN comes out alive. In places the strid is said to be 1000ft deep with canyons and caves. At the mouth the strid it said that the geography of the cave is a series of hour glass shapes on top of eachother. The Strid is part of the mighty river Wharfe. Although the wharfe never actually "flash floods" it is the faStest rising and falling river in the UK. The Strid is both deadly and beautiful. When i go with my children i never let go of their hands. The Strid is deadly.

[@blackluxurians6062]

1000 feet deep! That's insane...someone once said it was 216 ft

[@SPd.Triple]

@blackluxurians6062 it is beautiful but sooo scary at the same time! You should visit. Its really a magical part of Yorkshire🫶

[@sonicartzldesignerclan5763]

Theres no proof for that its just a speculation. But its proofen that the shapes of the undersite of the river is deadly since you cant comeback out.@@blackluxurians6062 Some people are still in the water trapped forever going circle again and again

[@FoxEnigma]

"Jack a Snacks" a UK youtuber recently did some video expeditions to the Strid clocked the depth via sonar to approximately 66m (217ft) which is still mind boggling deep, that part being right at the whirlpool at the bottom of the falls. The strid is geological anomaly and falling in would pretty much be 100% fatal but it has yet to be proven to reach further depths than 66m.

[@peggymorgan6355]

Possibility exists.Be cause technically NOBODY knows it’s true depth.So it’s ok to speculate.For all we know it could be 1000’s of feet.Look at the specs on underwater caves systems around the world.Some ARE a1000 ft deep documented!!So to say the strid is only 60meters deep is ignorant.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

I visited The Strid on a school trip in 1968, it was certainly an impressive sight, The Strid is claimed by locals to have a 100% fatality record and it doesn't give up it's victims readily, most are trapped in the whirlpools and caverns hidden within it's depths. Those corpses that do escape The Strid are washed downstream as far as five miles from where they met their doom. I have walked across the stepping stones on the wide section of the Wharfe, by Bolton Abbey, we had a picnic on the grass. The Abbey and The Strid are certainly worth visiting.

[@rottsandspots]

Fantastic video. Thinking of the river being broad and calm looking, then turning on it's side, really made sense and is such a good explanation of why it's so dangerous, even the narrow parts that look both shallow and calm(ish).

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[@eddiesterling5705]

Best video of the Bolton Strid I’ve watched. So beautiful, yet so deadly.

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Wow, thank you!

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Thanks for the video. Great footage of the river and bridge.

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[@LumbeeNative]

I enjoyed this video very much nice job! It's so crazy how calm it looks but can kill so quick

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Thank you. Yes it's deceptive to the unaware

[@taraemcintyre]

Beautiful drone footage. Best I've seen yet. Looking forward to seeing, someday, imaging of the topography below the surface and graphics describing it's effect on the current. Crazy stuff. Big 👍!

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Thank you.

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Take a look at @jackasnacks channel for his videos on measuring the depth of The Strid.

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Impressive presentation xxx thanks

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How do you only have 843 subs? You are very good at this. From Malibu California.

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Relaxing video, very nicely done.

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[@zonderbaar]

Beautiful video, music, and potentially even life saving Thank You

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[@duncanbryson1167]

Elsewhere there have been comments about how the turbulence causes air to be churned into the water thereby reducing buoyancy.

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Thanks for pointing out my omission 😆 I thought I had mentioned that 😅

[@robgunnAK47]

Back in the hot summer of 1976 most of the rivers in Yorkshire were reduced to a trickle for months due to the lack of rain and varius abstraction schemes to top up domestic water supplies. Just a shame nobody took the opportunity to survey this part of the river at that point as we could have had more of an insight into whats down between those stones. Going onto the more recent surveys it points to a submerged world where you would lose your life in a moment and due to its hidden depths and swirling currents needs to be given respect. When i lived in Yorkshire i have seen people jump across this maelstrom years ago fortunately they all made it but as we know not all were lucky.

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Great video.

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Beautifully photographed.

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Amazing cinematography.

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Nice video!

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[@luckyotter623]

So scary but so interesting. Thank you.

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[@sussysenpai1712]

The forbidden waterslide...

[@CriptonBot]

i dove the strid and while i was getting washes around like i was in a washing machine, suddenly out the dark i banged my head into a old wooden box and then got flushed out

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Thanks for watching 🙏

[@propanbutan4634]

Just came back from my second visit beautiful place

[@CJCon885]

The bridge is beaitiful. The river, and the Strid are amazing beauty of nature.

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[@brendtoconnell6119]

Beautiful drone shots of the Strid. Its been measured at 65 meters depth in some locations. Not a place to play around.

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[@homeschoolelectrics4323]

thank you.

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Thank you for watching

[@propanbutan4634]

Beautifully done

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Thank you

[@propanbutan4634]

@@eastwoodsadventures you welcome the Strid fascinates me but freaks me out at the same time

[@eastwoodsadventures]

It's one of those natural wonders

[@stefanhernold345]

Actually, the river is eight times as deep as is officially acknowledged.

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I guess that has to be officially verified first.

[@Lemon86807]

6:26 mark. I definitely agree that is what the strid look like.

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Thank you for watching, and thanks for commenting

[@tinawantland398]

Very beautiful, and very, very dangerous!

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[@evangelicalsnever-lie9792]

This river can be fully charted to it's depths. Only thing lacking I funding for such a study. Richard Branson could easily fund it.

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[@angelmorales3308]

We have a river like that in Vermont it's called Huntington George it claimed over 25 people a under tow current to like the Bolton strid they always have to remind people not to go swimming in the George because of it's danger and some people pay they ultimate price for not listening to the authority s

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Life is very fragile when put up against mother nature. Thank you from watching

[@blue_tree_meadow]

Yes

[@fixento]

There was a youtuber who had sonar and in some places it was 70 meters deep.

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That was @jackasnacks

[@christopherwoolnough2160]

Define deadly! Definitely top category.

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Causing or likely to cause death, I think, is the best definition. Thanks for watching

[@johnbarroll1120]

Hitchcock would be. A more appropriate name! His classic film The 39 steps should have been shot there.

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Not sure a submarine would fit though

[@DAN351980]

We used to play on lylos on the stid as kids 😂

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[@BBDA-CLEAR]

I think you just said that the warning sign says danger 9m Or 30ft deep. Actually believe it or not in that narrow River the deepest spot is 65 m or about 210ft . About the size Of a 21 storey building deep. There is a young man that has a radar who always does a regular post on this dangerous River. When I watched the telemetry that the radar gave out , I had to do a triple take..

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He has also debunked his own findings in another video. Thanks for watching

[@BBDA-CLEAR]

@@eastwoodsadventures I absolutely agree with you . When he gave out them figures in regards to the radar telemetry I thought it was Impossible. For a narrow section with no waterfall to be 210 ft doesn't make sense . Thank you !

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

​@@eastwoodsadventuresi watched his videos and the claim is not really debunked. All he did was to use the equipment the way people suggested and the depth was still at least 50meters if i remember correctly. No one is 100 percent sure but thats the only thing here.

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

​@@BBDA-CLEARthats the part of the danger there that people think like you that its not possible.

[@kenrogers7369]

So beautiful but so deadly

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It is. Thanks for watching

[@godofsquirrels494]

This really gives me huge Mushishi vibes. Love it.

[@alex-E7WHU]

River wharfe.. is this where the name wharfedale comes from (wharfedale speakers)

[@eastwoodsadventures]

It certainly is. Thanks for watching

[@Aktoto1]

1:13 lovely shot. It looks like made in unreal engine

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[@olheghtt]

10:12... No, not without proper tests.

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[@lynnthomason6589]

Some things should be simply left alone!

[@zlevelx]

I Imagine someone thinking its nothing because it looks calm enough and swimmable then the second they go in and they're being sucked down by the insane force they hear the voice "GOTCHA B*TCH" on repeat as the perish to the deceptive river

[@duncanbryson1167]

Something that's dangerous and looks dangerous is giving out a warning. Something that's dangerous but looks innocuous adds to the danger by lulling people into a false sense of security.

[@isaaclosh8082]

260 feet deep in that one area. It’s all hollowed out under the rocks

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[@Trailhiker1]

Best video on the strid 👍

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Can you remove the background music as it adds no value, it ruins it and people watch something else.. Think about how many deaf viewers you have - what does the music do to the video for them??? What do you add music for? KZbin people never answer this question. Fortunately there is a browser extension called SponsorBlock that mutes the music, but that also means taking your voice off in most parts of it.

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[@davidhoins4588]

Great advertising for tourists no explanation about that river so it's a total waste of time watching a 12, min 53 second's of a tourist advertisement

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