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Classic: Bolton Strid

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The Bolton Strid

The Bolton Strid has a 100% mortality rate. Local legend says no one who's entered the waters here ever comes out alive. A 19-year-old girl, Miss Poole from London, fell into the river in 1828. An easel and a sketching pad were recovered from a boulder in the center of the stream.

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