Stansted Mountfitchet is a village in Essex.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]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.
Get around
[edit]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.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 The Dog & Duck, 58 Lower St., ☏ +44 1279 812047.
- 2 The Lower Street Brasserie, 30 Lower St., ☏ +44 1279 817177.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 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.
Go next
[edit]Routes through Stansted Mountfitchet |
Cambridge ← Saffron Walden ← | N S | → Old Harlow → London |