Hallin Fell - Big views, small effort

Time taken approximately 1.5 hours
Difficulty of walk (1-10)  2

If you're short of walking  time and near to Penrith, then Hallin Fell is a good quick walk. It will take you a bit of time to drive down the narrow roads on the  Howtown side of Ullswater though, but well worth the time.

You can make the walk longer by starting down at Howtown but this one is the easier version starting at Martindale Church which can be found by driving up the zig-zags from Howtown.
The church is at the top of the zig-zags, set back in the trees. There's a number of parking spaces dotted around and it isn't too busy there so you can normally get a space. Parking is free.

Coming up the road, Hallin Fell is on your right.  After parking at the church, then look for a wide, almost bowling green cut strip up from the car park and set off up there.

The route is largely dead straight upwards, quite steep and certainly gets the heart pumping but its a relatively small walk in all honesty.

As you get near the top then the route provides you with the option of veering right or left, turning right you'll soon see the marker at the top of Hallin Fell.
A very proud and prominent marker post it is too.
Soak in the gorgeous views over Ullswater and Penrith in the distance, while watching the world go about its business below you on the Pooley Bridge to Patterdale lake side road.

After spending some time up there, and I'd love to do a wild camp up there at some point soon, then head past he marker post in the general direction of the lake in front of you and then pick your way right picking up the path around the fell and eventually bringing you back to the car park you started at.

Away from the peak and overlooking Howtown steamer pier then take some time to soak in the views especially on a hot day. If you're lucky then a steamer may come in to moor up at the pier before moving on to Glenridding. Its quite a sight to see the steamer manoevre itself from such an elevated view,especially on a still day with the blue sky reflecting.

On the way home then take in the views from the car as you go back down the zigzags.
This is a fell which affords some memorable set of views with a relatively small amount of effort.