Follow the road through Little Padfield to a footpath on your right, through the gate and into the field. Follow the wall on your right, over the stone stile to the footpath sign. Follow the route to Allman's Heath & Swineshaw over the stile and small stream. Follow the path up the hill towards Glossop Cemetery. Follow the cemetery wall to a small derelict building and then through a stonemason's yard to The Byre cottage and onto Woodhead Road. Turn left onto Woodhead Road.

Little Padfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the Domesday Book, Derbyshire was divided into the 6 wapentakes of Apultre, Hamestan, Littlechirch, Morlestan, Scarvedale, and Walecross, and a district called Peche-fers (Peak Forest). William the Conqueror was the tenant-in-chief of Little Padfield. The Farmhouse is Grade II listed and dates from the late 17th century, built of coursed millstone grit, with tooled dressings and stone slate roof. Stone stacks with watertabling.

From Little Padfield, follow Little Padfield Road until you reach the footpath on your right. Follow the path over many stiles until you reach Padfield Main Road, turn left and the right to follow a track towards Bottoms Reservoir. Before the end on the track turn left over the stile and diagonally through the field until you reach the subway under the Longdendale Trail.

Little Padfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the Domesday Book, Derbyshire was divided into the 6 wapentakes of Apultre, Hamestan, Littlechirch, Morlestan, Scarvedale, and Walecross, and a district called Peche-fers (Peak Forest). William the Conqueror was the tenant-in-chief of Little Padfield. The Farmhouse is Grade II listed and dates from the late 17th century, built of coursed millstone grit, with tooled dressings and stone slate roof. Stone stacks with watertabling.