A legend gives "Cora" as a daughter of King Malcolm II, who leapt to her death here whilst trying to escape imagined danger.

The Pavilion had mirrors on its back wall, and when the doors were opened visitors had the illusion of standing beneath the falls.

The Falls of Clyde Site of Special Scientific Interest (formerly the Corehouse Nature Reserve), a part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve, is an area of mixed woodland, including semi-natural native oakwoods and some areas of conifer plantation.

Within the reserve the Clyde River is suitable habitat for otters and kingfishers as well as the protected brook lamprey.

The Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre, operated by the Scottish Wildlife Trust,[4] features exhibits about the waterfalls, the woodland and the area animals, including a special bat display.

[5] The scheme was conceived in 1925 under the chairmanship of Sir Edward MacColl[6] and was completed in 1927 as the first hydro-electric power station in Scotland designed for public supply, rather than industry.