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Bright modern airport, with good facilties and security
Con
Sometimes more than full
In a nutshell
It's just an airport - it serves its purpose
sourbugger Says: Here's something truely different to visit - the only recreated Norman Motte and Baliey castle in Europe.The extensive website listed below gives a very in-depth look at what they have at the place. They have re-created many of the types of buildings that would have been...
From one airport to another...
sourbugger Says: Duxford air museum, is less than 20 miles from Stansted - just a few minutes north by the M11 (unless the dreaded roadworks have returned again) and just south of Cambridge It takes a full day to see it's complete collection.Although part of the Imperial War museum, it...
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The Swan - Great Easton: Great food and great company
nhcram Says: A night out with Andrew Lucas and his wife Liz was just what I needed the night before I flew off to a VT meeting in Karlrsruhe in December 2006. A typically English country pub with a restaurant at the back is about 20 minutes from Stansted airport. The food is all freshly...
Little Hallingbury Mill: Idyllic Setting
nhcram Says: Little Hallingbury Mill is a hotel/restaurant near Stansted Airport. As is the custom now we met Andrew and Liz Lucas for a meal before flying out to Karlsruhe recently. The mill itself is in a lovely setting off the main road in a private lane.It is a Grade 2 listed...
Europes biggest hub for budget airlines.
cachaseiro Says: Stansted airport is connected very well with budget airlines from around Europe.It's also a main hub for charter flights.The 2 biggest airlines at the airport are Ryanair and Easyjet.I have flown them both to Stansted and have paid so little for the tickets that i can't...
Stansted Airport Taxi - Book in advance to save!
hunti410 Says: Getting a reasonable taxi quote from the taxi company based in the airport is a real challenge - we visited Stansted earlier this week to be told that our journey to North London would be over £100. This seemed very expensive and so my husband used his smart phone to book an...
Getting to London from Stansted - trains
alucas Says: Many people do not realise that when they arrive at London Stansted airport, they are not in London - they are in the country around 30 miles from the centre of London. Fortunately the links into London are quite good, but you need to consider the costs BEFORE you snap up...
Suet Says: Very often you land at London Stansted and it is actually NOT in London (Ryanair passengers note!) so the quickest way to get to Liverpool Street Station in North London and the Tube is to take this train. The trains leave every 15-30 minutes and it takes around 45 minutes...
Hardly an express - but it is the quickest way
sourbugger Says: The Stansted express train to London (Liverpool Street)is a disgusting rip-off at TWENTY FOUR pounds return in cattle class. (or express class as they call it).It certainly is not a sleek, aerodynamic, high-speed train either.In addition it stops at 00.30 at night, so...
pieter_jan_v Says: The Stansted Express is the fastest way to travel to/from London.With 4 trains per hour it is also the means of transportation that runs most frequent to/from the Capital.An Express Class Open Return ticket to the London Liverpool Street Station from ticket machine/office...
Travelling from Stansted to London
Airpunk Says: The Landscape of transport opportunities has slightly changed over the last few years. National Express now runs the train service, which is the fastest way to get to central London (Liverpool Street), but also the most expensive. National Express runs also one of three bus...
Travelling with Easyjet from Stansted
Airpunk Says: Easyjet has also changed their boarding policy since I posted this tip in 2006. As with Ryanair, there is also a ticket you can buy to be boarded first, called “Speedy Boarding”. Afterwards, passengers requiring special assistance will be boarded. The remaining passengers...
Travelling with Ryanair from Stansted
Airpunk Says: Flying with Ryanair is something special, it just depends on your point of view, if it the form of special is positive or negative. The negative side is that you will not get many extras you’ll get on most airlines. This begins with free meals and ends with the use of a...
Stansted Airport Arrival by air
pieter_jan_v Says: Arriving at Stansted is a little strange. The terminal building is seperated from some of the arrival buildings with their piers and gates.So, after you go down all the way into the basement you end up at a kind of "black hole", which are the doors to the dark terminal train...
Helpfulness
If you want to buy something to read, you will find some magazines and books at W.H. Smith and Books etc., both available in the public zone (landside) and beyond security control. Unfortunately, their selction is quite limited and although (or because) there are a couple of these shops, they seem to sell the same stuff. Of course, you will find the usual newspapers and a small selection of international press at W.H. Smith and some useful books at Books etc., but I have seen shops with a better newspaper/magazine selection at smaller airports like Leeds or even Hanover.
What to buy: Newspaper, Magazines and Books...
Written May 8, 2006
taurean_traveller Says: Please be aware that the main road to the front of the airport is closed after 10pm at night.Should you want to drop off a passenger you have to go to the 15 minute free car park and use that.Laughable as the queues for this facility can get long and you could use that 15...
Expense of Car parking & Transfer times
sourbugger Says: 1) It is very easy to get caught out by the expense of long-term parking at this airport. Due to the lack of competition the only place to use for any length of time is the Pink Elephant Car Park. It will cost nearly FIFTY quid to park here for a week.2) Transfers are also...
Helpfulness
The ancient village of Takeley lies less than a couple of miles from the terminal, yet very few people even know that it exists. It at least makes for a change of scenery if you are stuck at the airport for longer than you expected.
This is due in part to the poor signposting, probably done on purpose.
The village strung out along the road features a couple of pubs, an anique shop or two and some nicely half-timbered buildings.
It also features a wealth of signs aimed at trying to stop the expansion of the airport.
Takeley is actually an ancient parish, consisting of many hamlets. It is mentioned in the ?Domesday Book? of 1086. During an archaeological dig at nearby Stansted airport, evidence was found of a Neolithic settlement, dating between 4,500 and 2,000BC. The A120 is the old Roman road Stane Street East.
It can be approached off the main roundabout with the M11 at the service station (look for the little sign) or from the roundabout at the entrance to the short stay car park. Just turn away from the airport and turn right at the fork. It's then about a mile down the road and right again at the traffic lights.
There is also a nice little pub called 'The Ash', with a tradional-type menu. It is so close to the airport you can see the planes land from the lounge window. If you head to the long-term car park, and keep going, it is about a further mile on the right.
Updated Mar 8, 2006
cachaseiro Says: If you have a departure early in the morning from Stansted Airport then it's no problem sleeping in the airport.Hundreds of people spend the night there every night in order to catch their early flights.When i spend the night there, there were dozens of people crashing on...
Airpunk Says: The cheapest way to survive in Stansted is - of course - bringing your own food with you. However, compared to central London, food is still affordable. Several restaurants, snack bars and cafés are avaliable in the public area (landside), mostly offering Italian cuisine...
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Guide to the Low-cost airline heaven
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Another Way Into the Country :-))
Stansted in Essex has in recent months been hampered with roadworks but when we were last here they seemed to have cleared a lot. We normally stay at The Hilton the night before we fly but we have...
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Stansted - an Airport in Essex
After a disastrous failed first attempt to fly to Germany with RyanAir from this airport back in August, due to Al Quaida fckin things up for thousands of passengers, I had another opportunity to fly...
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