Three waterfalls in a wooded gorge, on a well-made path from the World Heritage mill village of New Lanark: little Dundaff Linn, the great Corra Linn, then Bonnington Linn at the top. Turner painted Corra Linn, and Wordsworth and Coleridge came to see it. A hydro scheme takes much of the river, so the falls are at their best a day or so after heavy rain.
Good woodland paths throughout, with steps (handrails) and some boardwalk that's slippery when wet. In places the path runs beside steep, unfenced drops into the gorge.
Start in the mill village David Dale founded and Robert Owen made famous, a World Heritage Site since 2001. The Scottish Wildlife Trust's visitor centre here closed for good in March 2026, but the reserve and its paths are still open. Head upstream beside the river to the first fall, Dundaff Linn, the smallest of the three at about 3 m.
The path follows the river through the woods of the Falls of Clyde reserve, part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve. Look for dippers and kingfishers on the water and ravens over the gorge; bats, badgers and otters live here too. You pass the hydro power station, which draws much of the river off from above Bonnington Linn.
The path climbs, partly on steps with handrails, and Corra Linn comes into view: the highest of the falls, about 26 m. Turner painted it in 1802, and Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy and Coleridge came to see it the next year. On the far bank the ruined tower of Corra Castle stands above the falls, a roost for bats. On this side, Bonnington Pavilion was built in 1708 as a house for viewing them. Carry on along the top of the gorge to Bonnington Linn, the uppermost fall, and the hydro weir just above it, where this walk turns round. A footway crosses the weir to the Corehouse bank if you want a look; the path there is muddier.
Steep, unfenced drops beside the path in places. The steps and boardwalk are slippery when wet.
Back down the same path, meeting the falls in the opposite order, to New Lanark.
The steps and the drops again on the way down.
If you need to turn back: Turn round at any point: it's there and back on the same path.