Mouse Water
Mouse Water as seen within Cleghorn Glen
Location
Country	Scotland
Region	South Lanarkshire
Physical characteristics

Source
• elevation	335 m (1,099 ft)^[1]

Length	9.45 km (5.87 mi)^[1]
Basin features
Progression	River Clyde
Tributaries
• left	Dippool Water

Mouse Water is a river in South Lanarkshire which is a tributary of the River Clyde. It is popular with canoeists.^[2] In the past, the fast flowing river was used to power mills and factories along its route and is still used today to produce hydroelectricity.^[3]

Cleghorn Glen and Cartland Craigs

The river runs through Cleghorn Glen and Cartland Craigs, two sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) which form part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve.^[3] The deep gorge which characterises these SSSIs were formed roughly ten thousand years ago when the Mouse Water started to erode the rock at the site, which was mainly red sandstone.^[4]

Crossings

Several bridges cross the Mouse Water. They are listed below in order from its origin to the point the river meets the Clyde.

References

^ ^a ^b "Historical perspective for Mouse Water". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
^ "Overview of Mouse Water". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Visit Cleghorn Glen and Cartland Craigs" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ "The Story of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

v t e River Clyde, Scotland
Administrative areas	South Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Glasgow City West Dunbartonshire Renfrewshire Inverclyde Argyll and Bute
Flows into	Firth of Clyde, then North Channel
Settlements (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Abington Symington New Lanark Lanark Wishaw Motherwell Hamilton Bothwell Uddingston Cambuslang Rutherglen Glasgow Renfrew Clydebank Old Kilpatrick Dumbarton Port Glasgow Greenock Helensburgh Gourock Dunoon
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Daer Water Potrail Water Duneaton Water North Medwyn River South Medwyn River Douglas Water Mouse Water River Nethan Avon Water South Calder Water North Calder Water Rotten Calder River Kelvin River Cart River Leven
Major bridges and crossings (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Viaduct Elvanfoot Motorway Bridge Elvanfoot Bridge Camps Road Bridge Crawford Viaduct Abington Bridge Clyde's Bridge Wandel Road Bridge Lamington Viaduct Lamington Bridge Wolfclyde Bridge Thankerton Bridge Pettinain Bridge Hyndford Bridge Bonnington Weir Clydesholm Bridge Kirkfieldbank Bridge Crossford Bridge Garrion Bridge Camp Viaduct Clyde Bridge Raith Bridge East Kilbride Expressway Bridge Bothwell Bridge David Livingstone Memorial Bridge Uddingston Footbridge Uddingston Viaduct Haughhead Bridge Westburn Viaduct Clydeford Bridge Cambuslang Bridge Bogleshole Road Bridge Clydebridge Viaduct Auchenshuggle Bridge Cuningar Loop Footbridge Dalmarnock Bridge Dalmarnock Railway Bridge Shawfield Smartbridge Rutherglen Bridge Polmadie Bridge King's Bridge St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge Pipe Bridge and Weir Albert Bridge City Union Bridge Victoria Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge Glasgow Bridge Caledonian Railway Bridge George V Bridge Tradeston Bridge Kingston Bridge Clyde Arc Bell's Bridge Millennium Bridge Clyde Tunnel Renfrew Ferry Erskine Ferry Erskine Bridge
Longest rivers of the United Kingdom Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

55°40′34″N 3°48′19″W / 55.6762°N 3.8052°W / 55.6762; -3.8052