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Bishops Stortford
Town in Hertfordshire, England

Bishops Stortford

Bishop's Stortford is a market town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England.

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It lies 11 miles (18 km) east-north-east of the county town of Hertford and 28 miles (45 km) north-north-east of Charing Cross in central London. The town adjoins the border with Essex. The M11 motorway passes to the east of the town, and Stansted Airport lies immediately east of the motorway. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 40,955 and the built up area had a population of 40,915.

Get in

Getting to Bishops Stortford

The nearest airport is London Stansted (STN IATA) in Essex, around 5.5 mi (8.9 km) east of the town centre. It is one of the UK's largest international airports, with a great many flights arriving daily from other UK nations and regions, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Rail services between the Stansted Airport and Bishop's Stortford are operated by Stansted Express, part of the National Rail network.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Waytemore Castle

    A motte and bailey castle ruin.

  2. 02
    Stanstead Raceway
  3. 03
    Empire
  4. 04
    Bishop's Stortford Museum

    1-3 South Rd, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3JG, info@rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk.

  5. 05
    The Henry Moore Studios and Gardens
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Rhodes Arts Complex
  2. 02
    Clay Shooting Lessons

    Parkers Farm, Smiths Green, Takeley CM22 6NY (6 miles E of town), info@clayshootinglessons.co.uk.

  3. 03
    The Little Arts Workshop
  4. 04
    Bishop's Stortford Golf Club

    Rugby Union: Bishop's Stortford RFC play in National League One, the third tier.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Cote Brasserie

    17 North St, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2LD, bishopsstortford@cote-restaurants.co.uk.

  2. 02
    South Street Pantry
  3. 03
    Shadhona
How locals move

Getting around Bishops Stortford the local way

  • Get inA low-cost minibus company, Stansted Transfer operates between London and Stansted Airport.

From Wikivoyage: Harlow, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-04.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Olaf Oliviero Riemer (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.