Stansted tourist information

Stansted, the airport has one of London's newest terminal buildings, and is used by many budget airlines including Ryan Air.

There a lot of check-in desks, so if you are traveling from here, view the screens near the entrances to find your check-in desk.

Once checked in you have to go through security. We have been to this airport and there were very long queues to get through security. We have checked with other passengers and this appears to happen a lot. So we have to recommend that you check-in on time to allow the extra time that may be required to get through the security check.

There are plenty of cafe's and shops both in the main hall and after the security check.

To get to the gate you have to take a small train, and take it back again to the terminal when you land.

The airport has good motorway connections as well as a fairly large coach station, with express and slower connections to London and elsewhere. There is also a train station. For detailed information please visit the airports website Access to the terminal from the coach station is through a tunnel and up escalators, there is also a lift.

Car Parking is available, long-term, medium term and short term. The Hilton hotel also has car parking for guests and a courtesy bus.

The main Airport Number is 0844 335 1803 For individual airlines see the Airline Contacts section of the airports website