Visit Matfen Places

Welcome to Visit Matfen Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Matfen

  

Matfen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Matfen

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Matfen history

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Matfen is a few miles north of Hadrian’s Wall. The name means Matta’s fen. The civil parish was formed in 1955 from East Matfen.

Matfen landmarks

Matfen Hall now houses a hotel and country club. Grade II* listed building was built about 1828 by Sir Edward Blackett to replace an earlier, 17th-century house. Devil’s Causeway passes the village less than 2 miles (3 km) to the west.

You can visit Matfen places with Walkfo Matfen to hear history at Matfen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Matfen has 7 places to visit in our interactive Matfen map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Matfen, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Matfen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Matfen & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 7 audio facts unique to Matfen places in an interactive Matfen map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Matfen Places Map
7 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Matfen historic spots	Matfen tourist destinations	Matfen plaques	Matfen geographic features
Walkfo Matfen tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Matfen

  

Best Matfen places to visit

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Matfen has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Matfen’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Matfen’s information audio spots:

Milecastle 18 Milecastle 18 (East Wallhouses) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian’s Wall. It is located to the west of the settlement of East Wallhouses in Northumberland and is visible as a platform in the ground.

Milecastle 20 Milecastle 20 (Halton Shields) was one of the milecastles on Hadrian’s Wall (grid reference NZ01886868) It is situated in the hamlet of Halton Shields, and was excavated in 1935.

Milecastle 19 Milecastle 19 (Matfen Piers) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian’s Wall. The milecastle is today covered by the B6318 Military Road. It is one of the few dedications to a mother goddess found in Roman Britain.

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Visit Matfen plaques