With the summer underway and plenty of glamping locations getting plaudits in the national press, it's easy to forget that Northumberland is home to some great hotels too.
This weekend, we've had a reminder of that as one of the county's luxury hotel and spas was named among the 10 best hotel refurbishments in the UK, alongside hotels in popular tourist destinations such as London, the Lake District and Cornwall. Matfen Hall, a manor house close to the Military Road connecting Heddon-on-the-Wall and Greenhead, travelling along some of the most famed parts of Hadrian's Wall.
Owned by the Walwick Estates Group, the property was previously part of the Blackett Family since the 1830s. During the Coronavirus pandemic, an extensive refurbishment of the hotel and its leisure and golf facilities was carried out, along with the restoration of the Grade II listed building's great hall.
