Hallin Fell — Local services in Martindale

This was the first climb we decided to do in our first trip to Lake District. We started the trek after parking our car at St Peters Church in Martindale. The drive to the pace is quite nice with small inroads that we enjoyed. Hike up can be achieved in 30-40 mins if you are fairly fit without stopping for too many pictures. Initial views during the climb are of neighbouring hills and valleys. We completed the ascend in almost 60 minutes as some of us had to pause in between to catch their breath. Climb is not too hard but steep. Most of it is grassy so be mindful of wet patches. Once you get to the top, the views are amazing. You can see entire Ullswater and you are practically in the middle of it. We got down the other side as it’s almost a loop. There was a small patch on that side which required a bit of scramble but nothing too hard that we amateurs couldn’t do. A must do climb for...

One of the nicest and shortest walks you'll need to do in the Lake District for maximum panoramic views. I drove down a narrow road from Pooley Bridge to St Peter's church in Martindale on the east side of Ullswater. There's a small carpark at the church and also some space for roadside parking. It's about a 20 minute linear walk up hill from the church to the top of Hallin Fell and your eyes are constantly bombarded with stunning scenery of hills, valleys and eventually Ullswater. There's a cairn at the 338 metre summit and views of Ullswater in two directions. It was a lovely day when I was up there and a great place to have a picnic. I retraced my footsteps back to the church, but it's also possible to do a circular walk back to the church. As far as I know, you have to drive back to Pooley Bridge because the road peters out in the...

Great starter hike with kids. Free car park at the bottom and about 40mins to the summit although it was very hot and we took lots of breaks so took us about an hour. No flat....its all one steep hill and when I say steep, I mean steep. But when you get to the top its absolutely worth the burst lungs and aching! Those views are incredible. Kids loved it. And its a Wainwright so its nice to tick it off the list if youre wanting to work through them like we do. We are keen walkers but absolute beginners on mountains and fells so this was a good place for us to start....