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.

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.

Great Whittington

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Whittington is a village in the civil parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham. In 2011 it had a population of 401.

Matfen

Type: Locality
Location: Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.0445° or 55° 2′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.954° or 1° 57′ 14″ west

Elevation

489 feet (149 metres)

Open location code

9C7W22VW+QC

GeoNames ID

7296757

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