[1] Leave Low Bradfield along Lamb Hill, past Smithy Garage, and continue along the road for several hundred yards before joining the lakeside path alongside Damflask Reservoir at a dog litter bin and notice board.
(A) Damflask Reservoir was named after Damflask village which was washed away in the Great Flood of 1864. It provides water for domestic and industrial use. It is one of the biggest and most popular amenities in the area for walking, running, angling, rowing and sailing. It opened in 1896 further along the Loxley than Dale Dyke dam which collapsed on 11 March, 1864, causing the Great Sheffield Flood. There are seats outside the Viking Sailing Club.
Follow the improved path away from the lakeshore and turn right along Loxley Road.
[2] Cross New Road and turn right at the phone box down Stacey Lane. Turn left before the bridge along the riverbank and keep left alongside the fishing dam. Bear right through the car park to the road through old factory units. Turn right at the waymark post just before the bend down some steps to rejoin the river. Continue alongside another lake and turn left through a yard. Turn right at the footpath sign over a step stile and follow the concrete path past a bowling green.
[3] Branch left to the road, cross over and turn left. Turn right opposite the water pumping station through an A-frame, just beyond which is a Loxley Valley Information Panel. The pleasant easy going trail follows the river for just over a mile, passing a mill pond to reach the junction with a lane. Turn right and right again at the next junction past Mill Dam. Beyond the renovated mill houses the lane becomes an improved path. Turn right at the footpath sign at a cross-path and descend some steps to join the river. Turn right down another set of steps to a weir, where a head goit channels water into a mill dam, which you now pass. Continue alongside the Loxley to the road and continue along Loxley New Road to Malin Bridge tram stop