Turn Left at the top of Dunne Lane and pass a row of original cottages on the right hand side (green section on the map ). Looking back down Blackshaw road you will see were Oldham Street was replaced by the council houses. This area of Old Glossop has lost its historic Heritage.
Turn right and walk to the end of Bute Street ( Red section on the map ), from there you can see the back of Haukshead Mill and Haukshead House. Directly in front of you is Shire Hill Hospital formally the Glossop Union work house .Behind the hospital is the long forgotten Workhouse quarry. On the right hand side is a small holding which was typical of the small farms in this area while the farming fields on the left hand side have been decimated by a modern out of keeping estate.

 

 

On retracing your steps back along Bute Street you will pass a small gate on the right which leads to the fronts of the Shireway Council Houses.

 

 

Now turn right along Castle Hill also known as Thorpe Row. (purple section on the map) This leads to a footpath over the fields to Swinshaw reservoir via Catwood (Not part of the trail). On retracing your steps turn right along the remainder of Blackshaw Road and note the sets and cobbles which Derbyshire County Council missed on their damaging cull on the first part of Blackshaw Road.

 

 

At the Tee Junction of Blackshaw Road and Thorpe Street turn right along Thorpe Street. (purple section on the map) This leads to a series of footpaths over the fields to Swinshaw reservoir via Catwood (Not part of the trail) and Woodhead Road.

On retracing your steps and proceeding to the end of Thorpe Street on your right is were the corner shop stood ,and on the opposite side is were the convent (now a private house) and Church Close is located.

On. turning right along Church Street. (black section) you can walk round the coppice to see the only local school remaining in Old Glossop.

Although not on the Official Heritage Trail if you have enough time you could walk past the school and on to the end of Church Street where along the way there is Old Glossops only remaining working well, All Saints Roman Catholic Church, the bungalow and remaining cottages with the toll house on Woodhead Road. Instead of retracing your steps walk a 100 yds down Woodhead road and turn left down Hall Meadow Road to rejoin Church street. This takes you past the Glossop Hall Gatehouse, a bungalow estate know locally as " Noddy Land" where the Glossop Hall was before it was sold and demolished. You also pass a small gate in the wall which Lord Howard used to go to All Saints Church.

The next section of the walk takes us along Church Street to the old Bulls Head where we turn right down the brew of Church Street South. The 17th century cottages along this section of the trail are properly the most photographed part of Glossop and even I dare say in the whole of the Peak District.

Before the end of Church Street South turn right opposite the old cross and walk through the ancient church gates along Church Walk. On your right is the parish church and the Duke of Norfolk primary school (if the church doors are open it is well worth a look inside). To your left is the Old Vicarage the new Vicarage and Manor Park grounds .
On retracing your steps cross over Church Street onto the Old Cross where the cross has recently been repaired after a car damaged it.

 

At the bottom of Church street South and Shepley Street is the Queens Arms, one of the three remaining pubs in Old Glossop The Trail then continues along Shepley Street (Green section on map)

However a short 5 minutes diversion from the trail is recommended along Manor Park Road (formally Hall Street) which is straight in front of the Queens Arms. On this small diversion you first pass a private house that was formally the Talbot Inn then a Post Office, the next private house was formally the Hare and Hounds Pub. The red bricked houses are on the site of the Old Glossop Fair Ground and occupants still find old coconut shells in their gardens Finally the large "Rygate" house on the left was built for the steward of Glossop Manor. By turning down Manor Park View you can see the only remaining full working farm in Old Glossop with its recently built farmhouse, grade 2 listed barn and several 17th century cottages.