Hotel review: Matfen Hall, Northumberland

Hotel review: Matfen Hall, Northumberland

Northumberland’s first and only five-star hotel is putting this underrated county on the luxury travel map. Matfen Hall is a Downton Abbey-style manor set amid acres of pristine parkland. With a 27-hole championship golf course and driving range, a top-of-the-range pool and spa, and an exquisitely-furnished cocktail bar, this grand 19th-century estate, once owned by the noble Blackett family, is first-class.  Location Set in 300 acres in the hea…