Matfen

Matfen

Coordinates: 55°02′28″N 1°57′14″W / 55.041°N 1.954°W / 55.041; -1.954

Matfen
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Matfen
Matfen is located in Northumberland
Matfen

 Matfen shown within Northumberland
Population 495 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference NZ029719
Unitary authority Northumberland
Ceremonial county Northumberland
Region North East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district NE20
Dialling code 01661
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament Hexham
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the towns of Hexham and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of an eighteenth-century planned estate village. It was the birthplace of the nineteenth-century Premier of British Columbia, William Smithe. The children's writer Lorna Hill was a long-term resident while her husband was rector.


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Landmarks

Matfen Hall

Matfen Hall is operated as a hotel and country club. The Grade II* listed building was built c.1828 by Sir Edward Blackett to replace an earlier 17th Century house.

The Devil's Causeway passes the village less than 2 miles (3 km) to the west. The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics

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