Opening/Closing times: 16.00 - 23.30.

Set in open countryside, Stansted Guest House offers traditional, spacious, well-equipped rooms, ideal for an overnight stay.

Only 3 minutes (half a mile) from the airport terminal, most rooms include free transfers, complimentary light breakfast available from 03:00 and 2 days’ free parking. See "Important Information" below for exclusions, as must be booked in advance.

Located between the village of Takeley and Stansted Airport, this is the closest off-site accommodation, only one kilometre from the airport terminal, set in 3 acres of mature gardens and surrounded by countryside.

Opening/Closing times: 16.00 - 23.30.

Complimentary light, self service breakfast is served from 03:00 (toast with selection of jams and marmalade, cereal, fruit juice, tea and coffee).

All rooms are en suite and offer complimentary in-room beverages. Ground floor rooms can be requested in advance.

Standard Rooms Offer:
0-2 days’ free parking, free transfers available from 16:00 to 23:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 (except Thursdays and excluding room only). The service is available in the morning only on 24 and 31 December (not available 25 and 26 December, nor 1 January).

Complimentary light self service breakfast.

Room-only rooms exclude transfers, free parking and breakfast.

The guest house is unable to accept children under 8 years old.

Complimentary light, self service breakfast is served from 03:00, offering toast with a selection of jams and marmalade, cereal, fruit juice, tea and coffee.

If breakfast is excluded in the room rate. The guest house will not provide breakfast.

There is not a restaurant at the guest house, but there is a pub that serves food, either a 15 minute walk or cheap taxi ride away.

A local village pub/ restaurant is only a 15 minute walk away or a short taxi ride. Various food is served up to 21.00 and snacks/pizza after and on Sundays/Bank Holidays.

The airport railway station and coach terminal provides direct links to central London and the surrounding counties of Essex and Hertfordshire.

London Liverpool Street station is only 45 minutes away via the Stansted Express and the historical city of Cambridge can be reached in just 30 minutes.

By Car:
If using satellite navigation systems, please use postcode CM22 6PT.
- Take junction 8 off the M11 motorway (not the new airport slip road).
- Head towards Takeley on the B1256.
- After 3.2 km (2.5 miles) turn left at the traffic lights.
- Follow this road for 1.6 km (one mile). The guest house is on the left.
- If you reach a small roundabout at the entrance to the airport, you have gone too far. Go around the roundabout and come back on yourself by 800 metres (half a mile).

From the A120 from Braintree:
- Take the B1256 to Takeley.
- After 4.8 km (3 miles) turn right at the traffic lights.
- Follow this road for 1.6 km (one mile). The guest house is on the left.
- Remaining directions are the same as above.

By Foot:
You can make this journey on foot in 15 minutes (there are no paths within the airport boundary for the first 5 minutes). Outside the terminal, walk to your right. At the roundabout, take the exit to Takeley. At the mini-roundabout, turn right (footpaths start here).Walk for one kilometre (10 minutes). The guest house is on the right. We do not recommend that you walk with large items of luggage, as the route is along a country road that is not lit when dark.

Airport Transfer:
Must be booked in advance, direct with the guest house by email. Free airport transfers (excluding room only) between 16:00 and 23:00, and 06:00 and 10:00 (half hourly, except on Thursdays). Outside of this period, taxis are available (at an additional cost).

Transfers are only available only in the morning on the 24 and 31 December. No transfers are available on the 25 and 26 December, or 01 January.

Please collect your luggage first, then ring the guest house for a transfer, you must be able to follow instructions on where we pick up, we will only be able to try and find you once at the informed point.

Airport Transfers/Parking - must be booked directly with the guest house by email in advance:
To guarantee transfers and reserve a parking space, Stansted Guest House requires the following information in advance, direct to them via email:

- Estimated time of arrival at the guest house.
- Estimated time of departure.
- Return day if parking is required.

This is to guarantee a space for 2 days’ free parking from the morning of check-out. Please note that this is not available during the week before or after Easter weekend. It is also not available between 01 July and 30 September and on all public holiday weekends. Parking within these dates (or before your stay) costs GBP 5 per day.

Free airport transfers (must be booked in advance by email) are available from 16:00 to 23:00 and 06:00 to 10:00 (except Thursdays and excluding room-only rates). Outside of this, taxis cost GBP 5. The service is available in the morning only on 24 and 31 December (not available 25 and 26 December, nor 01 January).

Please collect your luggage first, then ring the guest house for a transfer, you must be able to follow simple instructions on where we will collect you, we are only able to try and find you once and then you will have to get a taxi at your own cost.

Opening Times:
Please note that the guest house opens at 16:00 and closes at 23.30. Access cannot be gained after this time.

Payment Information:
Credit card details are taken for security purposes only. you need to pay the Guest House on arrival. The guest house is not able to take Diners Club, Maestro, Switch or debit cards as security. If a debit card is provided as security then the guest house will bill the card with the total cost of the stay (plus GBP 5 handling fee) immediately upon booking.

In cases where a credit card has been provided for security, payment of outstanding balances can be made on arrival by cash (GBP or EUR) or credit/debit card. Please note that all payments via credit/debit card are subject to a GBP 5 handling fee, charged by the guest house.

If you want to charge the total cost to the card provided for security, the guest house is only able to do so if they are notified by email before your arrival.

Please note that the guest house reserve the right to charge an initial deposit of 25% of the total booking cost. This is non-refundable if cancelled.

Other Policies:
The guest house is strictly non-smoking. If there is evidence of your having smoked in the guest house, your credit card will be charged with a GBP 25 cleaning fee.

Please note that this is not a 24-hour guest house and it can only accept guests between the hours of 16:00 and 23:30. Access cannot be gained outside of these times.

Please note that the guest house is unable to accept children under 8 years of age.

Reservations must be cancelled 7 days in advance of your arrival date.
In the event of a no show or a cancellation in breach of this policy, the cost of the entire reservation will be charged.
The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.

Children older than 8 year are considered adult for room occupancy.