Clyde Valley Woodlands

Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve
Clockwise, from top left: 1) an oak tree at Cartland Craigs; 2) one of the walkways at Chatelherault; 3) dense woodland at Cleghorn Glen; 4) Corra Linn within the Falls of Clyde.
Location	South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nearest city	Carluke, Hamilton, Lanark and Lesmahagow
Established	1981: Cleghorn Glen is declared a National Nature Reserve 1987: Cartland Craigs is declared part of the reserve, forming the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve 2007: Chatelherault, Falls of Clyde, Mauldslie Woods and Nethan Gorge are declared parts of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve
Governing body	Scottish Natural Heritage Scottish Wildlife Trust South Lanarkshire Council
http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/clyde-valley-woodlands/

The Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve comprises six separate woodland sites in the Clyde Valley region of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. These sites are Cartland Craigs (known locally as Cartland Crags), Cleghorn Glen, Chatelherault, Falls of Clyde, Mauldslie Woods and Lower Nethan Gorge.

Five of the six sites, located in and around the towns of Lanark, Lesmahagow and Hamilton, are designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest because of the abundance of native woodland found within them, as well as other rare flora. Mauldslie Woods near Carluke has been described as an experimental addition to the National Nature Reserve and has no other official designation. Some endangered species also exist within the sites. The most prime example is the Falls of Clyde, in which there are endangered peregrine falcons and rare tundra plant life that has survived on a cliff face since the last Ice Age.

Six sites make up the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve.

Cartland Craigs and Cleghorn Glen are two distinct sections of the Clyde Valley Woodlands NNR managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Cleghorn Glen was designated as a National Nature Reserve in 1981 and Cartland Craigs was later added in 1987. The Reserves encompass two deep gorges along the Mouse Water.

The Falls of Clyde are a collection of four waterfalls along the river Clyde, near the villages of New Lanark and Stonebyres. However, 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, with the other, Stonebyres Linn, being approximately 2 miles further downstream.