village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
Stansted Mountfitchet is a village in Essex.
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By car edit
Take Junction 8 (A120) of the M11. On the B1383 3 miles north of Bishop's Stortford.
By train edit
- 1 Stansted Mountfitchet railway station. Connects to the West Anglia Main Line Cambridge - London Liverpool St, as well as connections to Stansted Airport station.
By plane edit
- 2 London Stansted Airport (STN IATA). Is a few miles away on the other side of the M11 motorway.
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See edit
- 1 Mountfitchet Castle. All-weather heritage entertainment complex in Stansted Mountfitchet. Formerly an Iron Age hillfort, the castle also has a Roman, Saxon and Viking past, with its Norman ringwork and bailey fortification, many houses complete with all the smells of a bygone era, a toy museum, the Living Norman village, and also a tea room & gift shop. As you stroll through the grounds you will encounter plenty of rescued animals roaming freely: deer, goats, geese, peacocks, chickens as well as Jacob Sheep.
- 2 Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill. built in 1787
Do edit
- 1 Whoosh Explore Canoe Club, 82 Rainsford Rd, ☏ +44 1279 815258.
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Eat edit
- 1 The Dog & Duck, 58 Lower St., ☏ +44 1279 812047.
- 2 The Lower Street Brasserie, 30 Lower St., ☏ +44 1279 817177.
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- 1 Kings Arms Hotel, Station Rd, ☏ +44 1279 812948.
- 2 Linden House Stansted, 1-3 Silver St, ☏ +44 1279 813003.
- 3 Chimneys Guest House, 44 Lower St, ☏ +44 1279 813388.
Connect edit
The town and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers. As of Feb 2023, 5G has reached the nearby airport but not yet the town.
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Routes through Stansted Mountfitchet |
Cambridge ← Saffron Walden ← | N S | → Old Harlow → London |