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The Strid

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The Strid
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The Strid · Photo: Ian Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0
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The Strid · Photo: Clive Nicholson · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Popular regional tourism attraction. Literally "the stride", a very narrow 9m section of the river. Historically a cause of death when young men try to jump it and get sucked in by underwater currents.

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Pictures: Ian Greig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; John Sparshatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Chris Heaton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mick Melvin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Stephen Craven, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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