Matfen
Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 567 residents
- Description: village in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Matfen, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Trinity, Matfen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Whittington and Stamfordham.
Great Whittington
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Whittington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 158, in 2011 it had a population of 401. Great Whittington is situated 1½ miles west of Matfen.
Stamfordham
Village
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Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. Stamfordham is situated 3 miles east of Matfen.
Halton
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whittington, in the southern part of Northumberland, England. It is situated 3 miles north of Corbridge just south of Hadrian's Wall. Halton is situated 3 miles southwest of Matfen.
Matfen
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Matfen, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.04117° or 55° 2′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.95414° or 1° 57′ 15″ westPopulation
567Elevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
9C7W22RW+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 250992020OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642916Wikidata ID
Q1925697
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Matfen” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Матфен”
- Cebuano: “Matfen”
- Chinese: “Matfen”
- Dutch: “Matfen”
- French: “Matfen”
- Irish: “Matfen”
- Ladin: “Matfen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Matfen”
- Polish: “Matfen”
- Swedish: “Matfen”
- Turkish: “Matfen”
- Welsh: “Matfen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Matfen Village Hall and Matfen Cricket Club.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Matfen”. Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.