Cumbria
Martindale, from Hause Farm, Ullswater
Martindale is a remote dale resting between Ullswater and Haweswater. The upper reaches of the dale, which contains a herd of native red deer, is private, and is not open to the public. The round prominence of the Nab divides the head of the valley, with the High Street range in the distance. The 19th C. church of St. Peter stands on the Hause above Howtown, and further south, the older chapel dates from 1633. The scored holy water stoup is said to be 14th C., and was probably used by the dalesmen as a stone for sharpening weapons and tools.
From the Hause there is a short steep ascent of Hallin Fell, 1,271 ft.(387 m), for a bird's-eye view of Ullswater and the surrounding fells. Beda Head may be climbed from Dale Head in Bannerdale to Bedafell Knott. The path proceeds north-east along the ridge to the summit, 1,664 ft. (507 m), and descends over the rocky spine of Winter Crag to the Howegrain Beck. A longer mountain excursion is a high-level circuit of the Deer Forest from Martindale old church, via Brownthwaite Crag, High Raise, The Knott, Angle Tarn, Boardale Hause and down to Bannerdale.