The Most Dangerous River in THE WORLD is HOW DEEP?! The Strid at Bolton Abbey

UPDATE: I have been back to film under water! https://youtu.be/KPO7cxHJgvw

This seems like a great place to hide a body

The absolute best way to describe the River Strid, its a canyon. Look at Antelope Canyon for example. It's the exact same shape and will still fill up occasionally. Only difference is the Strid doesn't dry up

The river essentially turns on its side, to a depth equivalent to an 18-storey building… incredible!

I remember walking past this not realising how deep it was until I read a warning sign and an information board with illustrations of the geology of the river nearby. When I googled it after my walk, it gave me shudders. It stuck in my head for days. In parts it looked so calm and almost inviting. Without that warning sign I would have been none the wiser. It’s terrifying yet it’s beautiful and inviting- almost like it’s trying to trick you 😅.

It's terrifying, particularly when it looks like a quaint little shallow stream which you could skinny dip in to cool off on a hot sunny day. I bet the Strid has lured thousands to their deaths over the centuries.

Imagine diverting the water draining the whole length of it. It would be an amazing place to explore.

It’s basically an underwater water fall that pulls you into its basin of caves. Be safe and god bless you for making these videos, I’m sure your saving people with these videos

It would be so cool to do a LIDAR Scan under the water there so we could see how complex the underwater cave systems are. Cheers, from Corvallis, Oregon. 👍🏻

Wow! I'd love to see this place fully mapped & modeled in 3d.

A few years ago people dropped a load of plastic balls in to track the route underground, non of the balls were ever seen again after they went into an underground cave system... this place is amazing and deadly

I actually work at a college that is up a 200ft Hill. To think that this river is as deep as the hill i work on is tall is truly a terrifying thought. You're brave for staying at that spot so close to the edge after seeing that reading come up. I would have gone back immediately lol

An interesting note to compare is The deepest section in the Niagara River is just below the Horse-Shoe Falls. It is deep as it equals the height of the falls above: 52 metres (170 ft.) , but as you determined the deepest part in the Strid is 65 meters (217ft). Jack - Thanks for the info on the Strid.

Holy crap! For anyone in the US, the deepest part is over 210ft, about the height of a twenty-story building! Simply extraordinary.

Just for reference... the Statue of Liberty is 93 metres tall, the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro is 38 metres tall with the Brooklyn bridge coming in at 84 metres.... shit be deep

I've been visiting Bolton Abbey with my family for decades. I have a lot of good memories playing in the much calmer and shallower stretch near the Abbey. My first memory of the Strid section is from a school trip in the early 90s. It was drilled into us, at length, that it was deep and treacherous and that everyone should stay back from the edge. We were told stories of people trying to jump the narrow bits, falling in and not being recovered. I remember thinking "it doesn't look that wide, I could probably jump it..." but being cowed by the stories.

I watched my brother drown in a slow looking river..under currents got him, he’s a great swimmer and strong but the river just took him away…he popped out eventually not far away, we actually brought him back, he was so lucky. Please be careful folks around any river.

This is incredible. It is mind boggling to me that it goes that deep. If I were on top of a roof at 65 meters up. I'd have the shakes looking down. Yet people are just walking along the edge of the rocks like theres not a giant chasm below them. Funny how visuals work (meaning since we cant see it, it doesn't seem scary).

You an absolute legend,I wanted to know this for years,I search for new strid videos every week ,so when I saw this today I couldn't beleive it .Thanks.Hope you get enough likes to put some ads on you deserve it.

I subscribed and liked simply because you went and did that. Guys like you deserve more presence on here and definitely more availability and opportunity. Just keep doin you bro!