Following the closure of The Wheel Wright's Arms in 2017, the village now only has two pubs, The Star and a gastropub, The Poet at Matfield, which was formerly known as the Standing's Cross.

It was so named as, in the 1840s, John Standing ran an alehouse in his cottage and served his customers homebrew from barrels in his front room.

So, he sold his house and moved across the road into a bakery – converting it into Matfield’s new alehouse.

Overlooking the green is the grade I listed Matfield House, a Georgian building with a stable block and coachhouse at the rear.

[4] The green is used for events such as the annual village fete and by Matfield Cricket Club for home matches.