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THE LATEST NEWS, UPDATES AND INSPIRATION FROM THE MATFEN HALL ESTATE.

Christmas Is Served – Festive Afternoon Tea at Matfen Hall

  • By Matfen Hall
  • | Dine |
  • | Seasonal Celebrations |

The fields and forests are gilded with frost and the first snow is in the air - winter is on its way to Northumberland, heralding the season of glad tidings, good cheer and so much to enjoy.  This year, why not take a moment away from the hustle and bustle of Christmas and treat yourself to an afternoon of pure, unhurried indulgence at Northumberland's only 5 star hotel.    Festive...

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Christianity At The Edge: Lindisfarne and St Cuthbert

  • By Matfen Hall
  • | Northumberland |

Few places in Britain carry their history as quietly yet as powerfully as the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. From the mainland, it appears as a low stretch of green framed by sea and sky, with a castle on its crag and the soft red ruins of an abbey at its heart. But when the tide withdraws and the causeway is revealed, the island draws travellers across like pilgrims. The noise...

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The Ancient Frontier – Walking Hadrian’s Wall

  • By Matfen Hall
  • | Northumberland |

In the far north of England, the land widens and empties until it feels almost limitless. Low hills roll into each other beneath a restless sky. Sheep graze between tumbled drystone walls, the air smells faintly of heather and rain. Here, silence has a texture - a hum of wind, an echo of something old. Then, out of that silence, you see it: a line of weathered stone running across...

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