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Where is Matfen?

Matfen is located in the county of Northumberland, North East England, five miles north-east of the town of Corbridge, 14 miles west of the major city of Newcastle upon Tyne, 80 miles south-east of Edinburgh, 251 miles north of Cardiff, and 255 miles north of London. Matfen lies seven miles west of the Tyne & Wear border. Matfen falls within the unitary authority of Northumberland. It is in the NE20 postcode district. The post town for Matfen is Newcastle upon Tyne.

Matfen on a map

Map showing extent of Matfen as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Matfen
Map showing location of Matfen within the UK
Location of Matfen within the UK

Which county is Matfen in?

Matfen is in the ceremonial county of Northumberland, the historic county of Northumberland, and the administrative county of Northumberland.

Ceremonial CountyNorthumberland
Historic CountyNorthumberland
Administrative CountyNorthumberland

Where is Matfen in Northumberland?

Matfen is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Northumberland, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Northumberland.

Map showing location of Matfen within Northumberland
Location of Matfen within Northumberland

What is the postcode for Matfen?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Matfen is NE20 0RW.

Where is Matfen in NE20?

Matfen is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the NE20 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the NE20 postcode district.

Map showing location of Matfen within NE20
Location of Matfen within NE20

What is the post town for Matfen?

The post town for Matfen is Newcastle upon Tyne. Matfen is in the NE20 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Newcastle upon Tyne.

What is the latitude and longitude of Matfen?

The centre of Matfen is located at position 55.04141° latitude and -1.95484° longitude.

Latitude55.04141°
Longitude-1.95484°

What is the easting and northing of Matfen?

The centre of Matfen is located at the grid reference easting 402984 and northing 571879 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting402984
Northing571879

What are the nearest towns to Matfen?

Position of Matfen relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Matfen to the centre of the town.

north-east
5m
Matfen is 5 miles north-east of Corbridge
north-west
7m
Matfen is 7 miles north-west of Prudhoe
north-east
8m
Matfen is 8 miles north-east of Hexham
west
8m
Matfen is 8 miles west of Ponteland
north-west
9m
Matfen is 9 miles north-west of Ryton
north-west
11m
Matfen is 11 miles north-west of Blaydon
north-west
13m
Matfen is 13 miles north-west of Whickham
south-west
14m
Matfen is 14 miles south-west of Morpeth
north
14m
Matfen is 14 miles north of Consett
north-west
15m
Matfen is 15 miles north-west of Annfield Plain

What are the nearest cities to Matfen?

Position of Matfen relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Matfen to the centre of the city.

west
14m
Matfen is 14 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
23m
Matfen is 23 miles north-west of Durham
north-west
25m
Matfen is 25 miles north-west of Sunderland
east
40m
Matfen is 40 miles east of Carlisle
north
65m
Matfen is 65 miles north of Ripon
north-east
77m
Matfen is 77 miles north-east of Lancaster
south-east
80m
Matfen is 80 miles south-east of Edinburgh
north-west
82m
Matfen is 82 miles north-west of York
north
87m
Matfen is 87 miles north of Bradford
north
87m
Matfen is 87 miles north of Leeds