The Strid, North Yorkshire, England - The World's Most Dangerous River
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- The Strid, a stretch of the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire, is the world's most dangerous river with a 100% fatality rate.
Find out more about the history of it in this video, including its links to William Wordsworth and the iconic Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Can't tell you how happy I am to have come across your channel. North Yorkshire is my favourite place in England. I first visited as a university student in 1981, stayed in Nunnington in a private cottage and drove all around - Fountains, Castle Howard etc. Sutton bank was glorious. When my mother turned 75 i promised her i would take her to the Uk. We did everything: Bath, Stonehenge private access, Glastonbury, York, stayed at Plumpton Court in Beadlam, drove to Durham (which i loved) then 10 days in London doing the regular day trips - Windsor Castle, Brighton etc. But i have to say my mother and I loved Whitby the most. I didn't have GPS in my rental so i got lost all over England and Scotland. But hell, it was the best trip of my life. I live in Toronto and my mother lives in Nova Scotia. She is coming to visit me in 2 weeks aged 92 and i will be sure to show her your videos so we can go over our memories. Thank you. I'd be in North Yorkshire in a flash if i won the lottery! :)
Cheers Mat! Hope she enjoys the videos.
I have jumped the Strid many times as a kid in the late 60's. There exists drawings of the huge cave below. Cows, horses and more were pulled out years ago when divers went down into it, things get caught up in an underwater whirlpool an simply don't come back out unless pulled by ropes.
or accumulates in a pile 65 meters high!! rotfl
@@HAL900032it’s about 30 ft deep
It's one of my favourite places, especially in winter when the waters are higher. It's possible that in its deepest part it could be over 200 feet deep! The walk down to Bolton Abbey is beautiful, and there's a nice tea room on the route too. If you like a longer walk, getting up to the rocks of Simon's Seat on the moors is worth it, plus the amazing waterfall in the Valley of Desolation is on the way up/down if you walk from near the tea rooms. However - the rocks close to the water can get slippery, and the warning signs are appropriate. I have seen a couple of people jumping onto a rock island in the Strid, and back again, but that's just tempting fate.
Wordworth's poem could be more of a romantic legend retold, rather than fact. I can only find four recorded fatalities, one in 1877, one in 1934 and a double fatality in 1998 which seems to be a couple caught out by a sudden rising of flood water rather than actually falling into the river. A lot of internet search results repeat the same basic text of the world's most dangerous river, and add things like "several of the bodies have never been recovered" when it appears that in the four fatalities I referred to, all four bodies were recovered downstream. Or that 16 people died in a boat accident there in 1994 - completely false. It's built up a legen, I can certainly say that.
As always happy to be corrected if what I've found isn't quite right! Thank you Andrew.
Astonishing that such an inoccuous looking stretch of water could be so treacherous. Really interesting video Andrew and what an amazing choice of music too. Loved it; thanks for your effort.
Cheers Jeff!
I have seen a video of a young man testing the depth of the water in various places, using a portable fish sounder. It measured the depth of the water by the waterfall as being 62meters deep! A river tipped on its side.
Yes I watched that too; very interesting
Having been here and not realising just how dangerous the water is until research after our visit, I am not sure I would go so close to the edge again, but it is a very interesting place. Thanks for a very informative video and very well presented
I lived for many years in Ilkley, about ten miles from Bolton Priory. The Strid is well known as a beauty spot, but also for its dangers. A young couple on honeymoon drowned there not many years ago, their bodies coming to light near Addingham, further down the river. A very sad and salutory story.
Another great vid, North Yorkshire is a beautiful part of the country, I visit as often as I can, its a place of great memories and I feel at piece when Im there, so much history and great walks, thanks Andrew
Another fantastic vlog Andrew, I loved it.
Fascinating. The hidden depths and caves, strong undercurrent etc gives you an idea of how falling in could be very bad indeed. Wouldnt think anything looking at that. Great video.
A great informative video Andrew, thank you.
Beautiful! Thanks you for post
It looks menacing. Thanks as a always, informative.👍
Another awesome video thank you : )
Great video fantastic documentary andrew
I used to love going for a walkaround Bolton Abby and the Strid, its worth photographing in the different seasons. But I never got too close to it. Thanks for the video very interesting. 2x👍
Welcome back. Hope your family and you are doing well. Enjoyed the video. Been watching again Great Coastal Railway Journey with Michael Portillo bbc2. He is going throu Yorkshire. He has been to Scarborough on his journey. Worth a watch. Hope your next video will be longer and we don't have long to wait. Once again sending my love to you and your family.🚂
I was getting nostalgic for Scarborough and wanted to know whatever happened to the old zoo and Marvel theme park, stumbled upon your video for it and now I'm addicted to these videos! Great job.
The boy is gifted! 😉
Thanks - glad you’re enjoying them!
My wife and I have visited Bolton Abbey several times, it's a beautiful place and one of our favourites, and the 5 /6 mile walk around the River Wharfe area is absolutely stunning! Most of the river looks very calm but when you get to The Strid where the volume of the water in compressed through a small gap it is very powerful and the rocks are very slippy. I have been told that the depth goes to at least 65 metres deep (over 213 feet) under this part of the river and with extremely strong currents I am not surprised that over the years people have been drowned at this spot. One of the saddest is a married couple who were drowned whilst on the 2nd day of their honeymoon in 1998. There are many warning signs in this area telling you of the dangers, so if you visit it please be very careful but enjoy this wonderful location.
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Another excellent video.
Excellent film as ever ! That was very interesting, thank you 😊
Cheers Peter!
As a schoolboy we used to go camping quite near the Strid at Appletreewick. Beautiful place, thank you for the video 👌🏻🙏🏻
Great video. Didn't know about the strid but may go this weekend
Thanks for this video, it's an amazing place. I only wish I had known about this earlier as I rented a bike and camped on a farm near Bolton Abbey on my way up to Scotland back in '18, riding around that part of Yorkshire and Across the Wharfe. Stunning scenery. If I get back to the UK someday I will make an effort to get there again.
Visited the strid with school when we were camping at Apple tree wick ,was told the tale on the first night there needless to say we walked to it the next day and were quite spooked by it ,although its a beautiful place its terror preceeds it ,thanks for the memories Andy .
Beautiufully done.
seeing this really makes me want to go back and visit York (and the UK). I lived there for a few months in 2003 and haven't been back in 10 years.
Really interesting, and excellent editing and cinematography 👍
I’d love to see a geophys team map some of those underground channels
I've always had a dark fascination with The Strid. It's so unassuming and enchanting.Thank you for sharing your video. I live in Colorado USA and planning a trip to England. Ways been a dream of mine. Yorkshire is on my bucket list!❤
Glad you enjoyed it and I hope you make it over. Plenty to see in Yorkshire but make sure you spend some time on the coast! 🙌🏼
Quite eerie.
Lovely Video. Missing your videos, are you planning to publish any new ones?
There are areas of ocean close to underwater volcanoes that receive gas from below. This lowers the buoyancy for any vessel passing on the surface and can essentially swallow a boat, or even a ship when the surface buoyancy drops to below that of the vessel.
The Strid apparently gets its name from the Anglo Saxon 'Stryth' meaning Turmoil or Tumolt corrupted to Strid, from the possibility of striding across the channel.
Either way it's lethal with, as you mention it's 100% record of no one getting out once in.
Having motorcycle camped annually just up the road in Kettlewell for the past twenty or so years, I'd never heard of the Strid.
So cheers Andrew ! 🌊👍
Strid also means battle in Norwegian.
In Swedish we talk about a "strid ström" meaning a constant and powerful stream. Yet another example of the Norse influences in northern England (and Scotland, and Ireland, the Vikings went around all over).
Well done,, a good concise video on The Strid. I've seen other videos on this topic, but I find yours incisive especially the way you describe the river effectively turning on its side. Somebody should do a video more at length on the oddly entitled Wordsworth poem that you mention.
Very interesting and informative, see you next time.
PS what, if any, results came from your murdered lady video?
Nothing mate. Had a psychic reckon it was a neighbour who the victim knew and that she kept seeing a cross. As far as they go, she’s very reputable and has helped police solve cases in other countries. Maybe a follow up one day!
Up until 2 years ago when I moved to Scarborough I lived only about 13 or 14 miles from the Strid, an area I have visited quite a few times.
I have always wanted to see someone put a manequin ( one that floats in still waters ) into the strid and see if it really would sink to the bottom .
I remember the Blue Lagoon in Great Ayton with it's underground current back in the day,
Hi Andrew, this looks like it was filmed recently, the river Wharfe has been quite low for the most of the month. The Strid looks tame perhaps you could have put something in to the effect what it looks like normally or in flood. 😮
I remember walkind the strid , must've been 20 years back and noticing the carcases of sheep in the trees (at least 3) on the banks and they were at least6-7 feet up the trunks! Flash flood must've been horrific.
Like now - the rivers around Yorkshire, especially where I am have raised by over 1 foot and are very fast flowing now
Fascinating, but what happened to Romely's dog did he/she survive the leap
Beautiful and terrifying!
Yikes!
In practical terms, it would seem that the river's lack of buoyancy should derive from the water's aeration, rending denser bodies to the bottom...
From the surrounds, the river must be massive and terrifying in full flow!
This area is on the edge of West Yorkshire. Many people come from Leeds and Bradford etc. Very busy on a summers day. On a wet day a couple of weeks ago there were groups of walkers hanging around. People jump over regularly. Quite scarry really.
Thank You Andrew. How are you keeping? Where does the river strid start from and finish? Any connections to Ursula Soothtell.
This vid does add useful information. Anyone who binges on YT, will know of the vids by Jack a Snacks. He attempted to depth gauge the Strid. 30 metres, 100ft. As someone said, that’s like the face of Malham Cove being doubled and spaced a metre apart.
Better, see his vid on Hell Gill. You will get a very accurate idea of what the Strid looks like if it was empty. Both places are very scary.
have a look at Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA its the strid when empty..
When I was in the area once I walked to The Strid to see whether it looked as dangerous as it was reputed to be. The answer was "Yes". No way would I even contemplate crossing it.
It's bad enough walking across the stepping stones by Bolton Abbey: I got about half way across and the sight of running water everywhere was mesmeric and for a moment I lost confidence in being able to walk onto the next stone and the next. And there was/is one stone which is lower than the rest so you have to decide whether to leap from the one before to the one after, or whether to step in it and get a wet foot and maybe find that the current starts to move your foot off the stone...
If you want to know about the Strid then watch Jack o Snacks videos. Depth measures, sonar and ROV. It's incredible just how deep this river is.
No offense to the people you spoke to, but I don’t think it’s dangerous because the water is “low density.” The density of water in natural settings does not vary much, and at any rate, any liquid water you find in nature is certainly dense enough to float in, provided you know how to stay afloat in water. The problem is the undercurrents which pull you under. Nothing to do with water density.
I've lived in North Yorkshire my whole life, 21 years to be exact, and I swear I've never heard of this river 😂
I promise there’s a great deal of things you know nothing about. Live and learn.
The name of the village, Bolton Abbey, is actually a bit of a misnomer. The church ruins are of a former Priory, not an Abbey and the remaining usuable part of the church is referred to as Bolton Priory.
HOW LONG IS THE STRID?
Jesus Andrew, scared me witless now, we climb on those rocks and sit under the overhangs when we visit the caravan site. Won't be doing that anymore!
You’d get some nice stuff with your drone down there!
@@NorthYorkshireWanderer might fly the FPV up there one day.
Kids still be jumping this this bit of river to prove themselves, always terrified me
65 meters is about.....20 stories high?!
"The worlds most dangerous river"? The Strid is a killer for anybody stupid enough to not take it seriously but its perils are well known and the many thousands of visitors treat it with respect. From memory there are 4 marked walks that take you past the strid. From Bolton Abbey to Barden Bridge and back.Again from memory, the last victims were a couple in August 1998. They died whilst on their honeymoon. Her body was recovered from the river some 6 days later, but his body wasn't recovered until October. (The Craven Herald covered it in detail at the time) It used to be a thing that daredevils (or the terminally stupid) would jump across the strid at it's narrowest point. Apparently this was a gap of about 6ft. I seem to remember, as a child, that the opposing stone, was tilted so your balance would be off. It looked flat but you'd actually be landing on a slope and it would make you fall back. When I last went past, as an adult, the opposing rock didn't seem to be there and the gap seemed bigger. Whilst tragic, the deaths are hardly on the level of the Great Lakes. As I understand it, these typically suffer something like 100 drownings per year. Bolton Abbey has a lot of visitors and it is common for many to swim in the river further down,by the stepping stones. Nobody, with any sense messes with the Strid. Just admire its beauty and leave it at that. Also, as can bee usually seen from all the moss. The river level at this point can rise quickly and significantly during heavy rain. Despite my somewhat negative tone, I did enjoy the video. (Proud Yorkshireman and all that).
Perhaps deadliest? Not too many people have actually gone in but none of them have come out. So percentage-wise it's very deadly.
If so dangerous why is there no barriers in spots where people go ??it b very easy to fall in there
O fenômeno natural que torna este rio tão mortal, é o mesmo fenômeno que formou o VALE DA LUA, NA CHAPADA DOS VEADEIROS NO BRASIL. Por milênios, a água do rio esculpiu um cânion subterrâneo e afiou as partes mais suaves dessas rochas duras, deixando visível apenas esta bela e tranquila abertura na superfície. Quem cair neste local, será puxado para o fundo do cânion pela correnteza violenta que existe nas profundezas.
This dangerous river Killed a child In 2010 a boy fell into the River ‼️
Drain the strid and do a through study.
Uts very dangerous but not the world's most dangerous
If a crocodile or a hippo attacked you then yes.
Cool thing is that just looking at it doesn't appear very deep at all🥲