London Stansted Airport

Stansted Airport is a medium-sized passenger airport with a single runway, 64km (40 miles) to the north-east of London, is London's third international gateway. UK's low-cost airlines operate from here serving European and Mediterranean destinations. The Airport is situated in Essex about 30 miles north of London. The airport is owned and operated by BAA plc. It is London's 3rd busiest airport after Heathrow and Gatwick.

The airport is named after the Stansted mountfitchet (a small village 30 miles outside of London).

Stansted - Check in

Stansted - Arrivals

Train
Stansted Express is the quickest way into Central London. Stansted Airport rail station is directly below the terminal building.
Trains depart every 15 minutes. Average journey time 46 minutes to Liverpool Street.
Trains leave Stansted Airport from 6am to 11.59pm (from 5.30am to 12.30am, Friday to Monday) every 15 minutes (every 30 minutes for the earliest and latest trains Friday to Monday). Stansted Airport rail station is staffed every day except Christmas Day.

Standard fares are £15.50 single and £25.50 for return. An Express class single ticket is cheaper at £14.50 and £15.50 from the machine. Single Anytime fare to Stratford £17.
If you have kids between 5 to 15 flying with you and travelling on the Stansted Express, ticket prices will be £7.25 for an Express class single. Children under 5 travel free.

Journey time is 45 minutes and trains stop at Tottenham Hale station before terminating at Liverpool Street station.
For London Underground services, change at Tottenham Hale (Victoria Line) or Liverpool Street (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines)

Long-distance services link the airport with Cambridgeshire and the Midlands. Connections are available to the North and Scotland.

Hourly daytime service, reduced on Sundays.
Journey times (approx): Cambridge 35 min; Leicester 2 hr 30 min; Birmingham 3 hr 25 min.
Fares vary, discounts for advance booking.
Trains run to Audley End, Cambridge, Ely, Peterborough, Leicester and Birmingham.
Change at Peterborough for Leeds, York, Newcastle and Scotland. Change at Leicester for Derby and Sheffield

Bus The National Express runs coaches hourly, 24 hours a day from Victoria Coach Station. The journey takes an hour and 40 minutes and costs £10 one way and £15 return. This coach makes stops at Golder’s Green, Finchley Road underground station, St Johns Wood, Marylebone, Baker Street, Marble Arch and Hyde Corner. You can contact them for details on 08705 808080.

Cab The journey will cost around £80 to central London, which might be around the cost of your flight. Try to only use black cabs rather than unregistered mini-cabs.

Coach Transfers
Coaches are a very economical way to travel into the city centre. Due to congestion on the motorways, they can take much longer than the train, but can be muchcheaper.

The UK's main coach company National Express runs frequent, comfortable services from Heathrow (about 1 hour) , Gatwick (about 1h20), Stansted (about 1h30) and Luton (about 1h20) to  Victoria coach station, the main hub for British coach travel, where coaches and trains can be caught to many other parts of the UK and Europe, or the tube taken to your destination in central London.

National Express has a so-called "funfare", an off-peak fare, which is much cheaper than the train, e.g. Victoria Station (central London) to Southampton costs only 4 pounds on-way, compared with 26 on the train! Other companies such as Terravision also offer low-cost coach travel from Stansted and Luton, with discounts for Ryanair passengers. GreenLine and EasyBus also offers a coach service from London Luton airport, with discounts for EasyJet passengers. All the coach services operate very frequently and tickets can be bought online or at the airport when you arrive.

Stansted Airport Information

• Airport code: STN
• 56km from London
• The Airport provides disabled services
• Public transportation to and from the airport is reliable and frequent with a choice of trains, coaches, Stansted express, taxis and car hire.
• Those wishing to drive to the airport will find it easily accessible from the M11 and well sign posted from the access roads. The airport offers a range of valet, short and long stay parking.
• London Stansted Airport handles roughly 19 million passengers a year.
• It has 1 terminal and 1 main runway. Stansted serves 20 different airlines to approximately 114 locations worldwide.

Stansted Airport Parking

Pink Elephant

• Located within the airport boundary
• Stansted long stay parking is suitable for travellers going on longer trips or holidays.
• Transfers - operate 24 hours, every 7-10 minutes and take approximately 10 minutes
• Stansted long stay daily roll-up rate:£8.30 per 24 hours, or part thereof.
• When pre-booking this car park there is a minimum stay of three days.
• Directions
  Exit M11 at J8a (from the direction of London) or J8 (from direction Cambridge) following signs on the roundabout for Stansted. At the first roundabout take the 1st exit sign posted Long Stay Car Park. Go straight ahead at the next roundabout, pass the Hilton Hotel and take the next turning on the left into the Pink Elephant Long Stay Car Park.

EParking - Mid Stay

• Located within the airport boundary, E-Parking is closer to the terminal than Pink Elephant and offers more frequent and rapid transfers
• Stansted mid stay parking is suitable for travellers going on short breaks and business trips. 
• Transfers - operate 24 hours, every 5-10 minutes to and from the terminal taking 4-5 minutes
• Park your own car and keep the keys
• Stansted mid stay daily roll-up rate: £14.20 per 24 hours, or part thereof
• Directions to Stansted mid stay car park:
  Exit M11 at J8a (from the direction of London) or J8 (from the direction of Cambridge) following signs on the roundabout for Stansted.  At the first roundabout take the second exit sign posted Mid Stay Car Park. Continue for 1.5 miles to the next roundabout and take the third exit following signs to the Mid Stay Car Park. Turn left at the next roundabout and eparking Mid Stay car park is situated immediately in front.

Stansted Short Stay Parking

If you are going to be at the airport for a stay of a few hours you will need to use Stansted short stay parking. The Stansted short stay car park is located a short distance from the terminal entrance and its just a short walk between the two. 

Stansted Valet Parking

• No transfer necessary.
• You drive direct to the terminal. You will be met and your car taken to a secured compound whilst you proceed direct to check in. On return your car is brought back to you at the terminal.
• The storage compound has Security Doors and 24 hour on site security.

Stansted BCP Off-Airport

• Off-airport
• Easy and convenient
• 24 hour courtesy transport
• Just 10 minutes from the Terminal Building by courtesy transport
• Note: there is a minimum 4-day charge.

Stansted Gateway Parking

• New off airport parking for Stansted offering new lower prices
• Transfers operate 24 hours a day, every 30 minutes.
• Check in your car and keys for transfer to the airport.
• No arrivals or departures on 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. Vans and Commercial Vehicles are NOT accepted.