Hallin Fell

Hallin Fell
Hallin Fell Location in Lake District, UK
Highest point
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Prominence	163 m (535 ft)
Parent peak	High Street
Listing	Marilyn, Wainwright
Coordinates	54°34′14″N 2°52′35″W / 54.57057°N 2.876354°W / 54.57057; -2.876354Coordinates: 54°34′14″N 2°52′35″W / 54.57057°N 2.876354°W / 54.57057; -2.876354
Geography
Location	Cumbria, England
Parent range	Lake District, Far Eastern Fells
OS grid	NY433198
Topo map	OS Explorer OL5

Hallin Fell is a hill in the English Lake District surrounded on three sides by Ullswater.

Topography

The fell is a continuation of the ridge leading down from Steel Knotts, but the depression at The Hause is so profound that Hallin Fell appears totally independent in almost any view. This is born out by its status as a Marilyn, despite being diminutive amongst Lakeland fells.

Hallin Fell stands like a plug in the outlet of the Martindale valley system. The outflows of Rampsgill, Bannerdale and Boredale are deflected west around the fell, eventually finding the shore of Ullswater at Sandwick. Fusedale and the little valley above Howtown drain around the east of the fell to meet the Lake at Howtown Wyke. The southern boundaries of the fell are therefore easily defined by these watercourses and the Howtown to Sandwick road with its ferocious hairpin climb to The Hause.

The fell is circular in plan with smooth slopes to the south and west. Wainwright famously claimed that the southern side could be "ascended comfortably in bare feet".^[1] There is rougher ground on the other sides and Hallin Fell's northernmost extremity — Geordie's Crag — projects into the lake, separating Ullswater's middle and lower reaches.

Summit

The top is grassy with a number of small knolls and some outcropping rock. The highest point has an imposing square sectioned columnar cairn, and there are many other small cairns at other vantage points. Like many shorter hills in mountainous areas, the views from the summit are excellent, and Hallin Fell commands views across Martindale Common, High Street, Helvellyn, Blencathra and Ullswater.

View southwest over Martindale from Hallin Fell with captioned fell names. Ullswater can be seen on the right of the picture.

Ascents

The climb from Howtown to the obelisk at the summit is short and easy, there are also multiple paths up from St Peter's Church at The Hause and from Howtown hamlet. Around the northern side of the fell is part of the popular lakeside walk from Howtown to Patterdale. This route, mainly in wooded surroundings and with some gentle scrambling over outcrops, can be combined with a trip on the Ullswater steamer to provide a fine low-level excursion.

View of Ullswater from Hallin Fell — visible hills include Blencathra, Gowbarrow Fell and Little Mell Fell

References

↑ Alfred Wainwright:A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 2: ISBN 0-7112-2455-2

External links

Hallin Fell is at coordinates 54°34′14″N 2°52′35″W / 54.570570°N 2.876354°W / 54.570570; -2.876354

Wainwright's Far Eastern Fells

Angletarn Pikes Arthur's Pike Beda Fell Bonscale Pike Branstree Brock Crags Caudale Moor (Stony Cove Pike) Froswick Gray Crag Grey Crag Hallin Fell Harter Fell (Mardale) Hartsop Dodd High Raise High Street Ill Bell Kentmere Pike Kidsty Pike The Knott Loadpot Hill Mardale Ill Bell The Nab Place Fell Rampsgill Head Rest Dodd Sallows Selside Pike Shipman Knotts Sour Howes Steel Knotts Tarn Crag Thornthwaite Crag Troutbeck Tongue Wansfell Wether Hill Yoke

Full list of Wainwrights by area

Marilyns of Northern England

1. Northumberland	The Cheviot Housedon Hill Long Crag Peel Fell Ros Hill Shillhope Law Sighty Crag Tosson Hill

2. Northern Lakeland	Binsey Blencathra Knott Skiddaw

3. Western Lakeland	Blake Fell Dale Head Dent Grasmoor Great Gable Grisedale Pike High Stile Kirk Fell Lord's Seat Low Fell Mellbreak Pillar Robinson Seatallan Swinside Watch Hill

4. Central and Southern Lakeland	Black Combe Claife Heights Coniston Old Man Hard Knott Harter Fell High Raise High Rigg Holme Fell Illgill Head Kirkby Moor Lingmoor Fell Loughrigg Fell Muncaster Fell Pike of Blisco Scafell Pike Top o' Selside Whitfell

5. Eastern Lakeland	Arnside Knott Fairfield Grayrigg Forest Great Mell Fell Gummer's How Hallin Fell Helvellyn High Street Hutton Roof Crags Lambrigg Fell Little Mell Fell Place Fell Red Screes St Sunday Crag Seat Sandal Stony Cove Pike Tarn Crag Wansfell Whitbarrow

6. North Pennines and Durham	Burnhope Seat Cold Fell Cross Fell Dufton Pike Mickle Fell

7. Northern Yorkshire Dales	Baugh Fell The Calf Great Shunner Fell Hoove Kisdon Nine Standards Rigg Rogan's Seat Wild Boar Fell Yarlside

8. Southern Yorkshire Dales	Aye Gill Pike Birks Fell Buckden Pike Calf Top Cracoe Fell Dodd Fell Hill Fountains Fell Great Coum Great Knoutberry Hill Great Whernside Ingleborough Pen-y-ghent Rombald's Moor Sharp Haw Whernside

9. North York Moors to the Humber	Bishop Wilton Wold Cringle Moor Gisborough Moor Urra Moor

10. Forest of Bowland	Easington Fell Fair Snape Fell Longridge Fell Ward's Stone White Hill

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