The Strid, Bolton Priory

The River Wharfe in Yorkshire makes for a lovely spot for a picnic or walk, but it has a dark side - a stretch of water that it's claimed is the most dangerous in the world. It narrows at a point called the Strid, near Bolton Abbey, which is said to have a deadly combination of fast currents and underwater rocks. Occasionally people jump across here, but falling in apparently means certain death.

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