Lakeside Guesthouse Landing
A six-room farmhouse on the quiet shore of Ullswater
Bootsbythestove,breakfastateight,nothingelsescheduled.
Hallin Fell House is a 1780 farmhouse at Howtown, on the side of the lake the main road does not reach. Six rooms, one kitchen, a drying room that actually works, and the steamer stopping at the pier below the garden four times a day.
- Howtown, Ullswater
- Six rooms, no televisions
- Walks from the door
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Breakfast
Eight until half past nine. Porridge or the full thing, eggs from Bank House farm down the lane, bread from the oven in the back kitchen. A packed lunch is made if you ask the night before.
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Out
Hallin Fell is forty minutes from the door and the best view on the lake for the least effort. Place Fell is a day. Or take the steamer to Glenridding and walk the seven miles back along the shore path.
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Back
The drying room runs from four. Tea and a cake are on the kitchen table, the fire is lit in the sitting room, and nobody minds wet socks on the flagstones.
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Evening
Supper at half past seven, Thursday to Sunday, one sitting and one menu. On other nights the Howtown Hotel is a ten-minute walk along the lane, and there is a torch by the door.
The rooms
Thickwalls,lowdoors,andawindowseatineveryroom.
- Address
- Hallin Fell House, Howtown, Ullswater, Penrith CA10 2ND
- Getting here
- By steamer from Pooley Bridge or Glenridding, or the single-track lane from Pooley Bridge. We collect from Penrith station by arrangement.
- Access
- The Garden room is step-free with a level shower. The other five are up a stone stair with a good rail.
Walks
Thelakepathrunspastthegate.Thefellstartsbehindthebarn.
We keep a shelf of maps, a box of spare gloves, and a route book written by guests over thirty years. Ask about the weather and someone will look out of the window before answering.
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- Walks from the door, written up in the route book
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- To the top of Place Fell, a day out and back
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- Steamer sailings a day from the pier below the garden
Visit
Askaboutdates,orjustcomeforteaandhavealook.
We answer email in the mornings and the phone whenever we are not up a ladder. If you are walking past, the kitchen door is usually open and the kettle is usually on.
Where
Hallin Fell House, HowtownUllswater, Penrith CA10 2ND
Steamer to Howtown pier, then two minutes up the lane. By car, the single-track road from Pooley Bridge: four miles, with passing places and a few sheep.
When
- Check in
- From three
- Check out
- By eleven, or later if the room is free
- Kitchen
- Breakfast eight to half past nine, supper Thursday to Sunday
