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Stansted Mountfitchet
Village in Essex, England

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet, commonly known as Stansted, is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

Plan a trip to Stansted Mountfitchet→From London

It lies 35 miles (56 km) north-east of London. It gives its name to London Stansted Airport, which is 2 miles (3 km) south-east from the village centre. The village is served by Stansted Mountfitchet railway station.

Get in

Getting to Stansted Mountfitchet

Take Junction 8 (A120) of the M11. On the B1383 3 miles north of Bishop's Stortford.

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    Stansted Mountfitchet

    Connects to the West Anglia Main Line Cambridge - London Liverpool St, as well as connections to Stansted Airport station.

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    London Stansted Airport

    Is a few miles away on the other side of the M11 motorway.

See

Worth seeing

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    Mountfitchet Castle

    All-weather heritage entertainment complex in Stansted Mountfitchet.

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    Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill
Do

Things to do

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    Whoosh Explore Canoe Club

    82 Rainsford Rd,.

Eat

Where to eat

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    The Dog & Duck

    58 Lower St.,.

  2. 02
    The Lower Street Brasserie

    30 Lower St.,.

How locals move

Getting around Stansted Mountfitchet 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: Mister rf (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.