page_title: Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve
section_title: Falls of Clyde
hierarchical_section_title: Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve / Sites / Falls of Clyde
caption_attribution_description: English: Natural Amphitheatre at the base of Corra Linn, Falls of Clyde, 4 December 2011
context_page_description: The Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve comprises six separate woodland sites in the Clyde Valley region of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. These six sites are located along a 12 km section of the River Clyde and its tributaries, and lie close to built-up areas such as Hamilton and Lanark on the southern outskirts of Greater Glasgow. The sites can be easily accessed by about two million people living in the surrounding urban areas, making the reserve unique amongst Scotland's NNRs, most of which tend to be located in more remote areas. The six sites are:
  Cartland Craigs - managed by Scottish Natural Heritage
  Cleghorn Glen - managed by SNH
  Falls of Clyde- managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust
  Hamilton High Parks at Chatelherault - managed by South Lanarkshire Council
  Mauldslie Woods - managed by SLC
  Nethan Gorge - managed by SWT
  The woodlands are located in steep-sided river gorges and contain outstanding examples of the ancient, semi-natural, deciduous woodland which would once have covered much of the Central Belt. Plant species found on the floor of the woodlands include bluebells, wild garlic, wood anemone and wood sorrel.
context_section_description: The Falls of Clyde are a collection of four waterfalls along the river Clyde, near the villages of New Lanark and Stonebyres. Only the three falls near New Lanark (Bonnington Linn, Corra Linn and Dundaff Linn) are included in the Falls of Clyde site of special scientific interest; the other, Stonebyres Linn, is about 2 miles (3 km) further downstream.
  Scottish Wildlife Trust, a charitable organisation, manages the Falls of Clyde site, focusing on the preservation of the endangered or protected wildlife in the grounds, such as peregrine falcons, roe deer and badgers. Much interesting, protected and rare plant life can be found on the site, such as fields of heather, rowan, and bluebells; the slopes of the natural amphitheatre beneath Corra Linn are home to a rare tundra plant life which has survived since the last ice age. There is also a great variety of native woodland on the site. Much of Scotland's native woodland has been destroyed or replaced with exotic trees by human activity.
  Within the Falls of Clyde site there is an abundance of architecture, including Bonnington Pavilion, an 18th-century house of mirrors, an iron footbridge  and the 15th-century Corra Castle, all of which are in ruins.
caption: The natural amphitheatre at the base of Corra Linn (shown) is home to rare tundra plant-life.
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