Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet is a village in Essex.

Get in

By car

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

By train

• 1 Stansted Mountfitchet railway station. Connects to the West Anglia Main Line Cambridge - London Liverpool St, as well as connections to Stansted Airport station. (updated Oct 2023)

By plane

• 2 London Stansted Airport (STN ^IATA). Is a few miles away on the other side of the M11 motorway. (updated Oct 2023)

See

• 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. (updated Mar 2017)
• 2 Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill. built in 1787 (updated Mar 2017)

Do

• 1 Whoosh Explore Canoe Club, 82 Rainsford Rd, ☏ +44 1279 815258. (updated Mar 2017)

Eat

• 1 The Dog & Duck, 58 Lower St., ☏ +44 1279 812047. 
• 2 The Lower Street Brasserie, 30 Lower St., ☏ +44 1279 817177. 

Sleep

• 1 Kings Arms Hotel, Station Rd, ☏ +44 1279 812948. (updated Mar 2017)
• 2 Linden House Stansted, 1-3 Silver St, ☏ +44 1279 813003. (updated Mar 2017)
• 3 Chimneys Guest House, 44 Lower St, ☏ +44 1279 813388. (updated Mar 2017)

Connect

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.

Go next

• Bishop's Stortford
• Saffron Walden

Routes through Stansted Mountfitchet

Cambridge ← Saffron Walden ←

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→ Old Harlow → London