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 Best known for its airport, Stansted
Mountfitchet is a small town owing its earlier importance to
a castle built here by the Mountfitchet family. Stansted also
has its own railway station, Stansted Mountfitchet, which offers
quick and comfortable journeys to London and Cambridge. Stansted
is about a 1 hour drive from Cambridge and Oxford, and a 30 minutes
train journey from central London. |
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Stansted
Mountfitchet - Travel by coach - If you'd
like to speak to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline
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Stansted
Airport, Enterprise House, Bassingbourne Road, Essex, CM24 1QW.
Tel +44 (0)870 000 0303. Stansted is the
third busiest airport in the UK, serving more than 160 destinations
across 35 countries, and with over 23 million passengers passing
through. London Stansted Airport is conveniently situated just
off the M11 - from London use Junction 8a or from Cambridge use
Junction 8. Stansted airport is about 2 miles from Stansted Mountfitchet. |
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Stansted Mountfitchet - Travel by train - Stansted Mountfitchet Station, Station Road, Stansted
Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8BE. CCTV. Ticket office. Pay phone.
Whole station step free access. |
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Stansted
- Ferries - Stansted is about 50 miles
from the ferries at Harwich. |
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Stansted
Mountfitchet - Travel by road - Stansted
Mountfitchet is about 1 mile west of Junction 8 of the M 11 Motorway.
The M 11 Motorway links London to Cambridge. Stansted Mountfitchet is about
35 miles from London and 30 miles from Cambridge. |
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Stansted
- Travel by road - Stansted sits alongside
Junction 8 of the M11. The A120 will take you east to Braintree
and Colchester, and on to Harwich. |
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Stansted Mountfitchet is 2 miles from
Stansted airport, 2 miles north of Bishops
Stortford and 8 miles south of Saffron
Walden. Stansted is about 40 miles from London, 30 miles
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Stansted
Mountfitchet - Sport - Elsenham Golf Centre,
Hall Road, Elsenham, Bishops Stortford, CM22 6DH. Off the M11
by Stansted Airport. Tel: 01279812865. |
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Stansted
Mountfitchet - Shopping - There are several
pubs in the village all offering a wide range of hospitality.
Moss Chemists. Tel: 01279
812278. Barclays
Bank PLC. Tel: 01279 694141. |
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Stansted
Mountfitchet - Entertainment and attractions -
There are windmills to visit in Stansted and Mountfitchet
Castle. Stansted Mountfitchet has buildings dating back 400
yearsand a recorded history of over 900 years. Mole Hall Wildlife Park & Butterfly Pavilion,
Widdington, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3SS. Tel: 01799-540400.
About 4 miles north of Stansted Mountfitchet. |
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Stansted
Mountfitchet - Other information - The
Forge Museum and Victorian Cottage Garden, High Street, Much
Hadham, Herts, SG10 6BS. Tel: 01279 843301. The Museum is set
in attractive Grade II listed buildings. About 7 miles south
west of Stansted Mountfitchet. Stansted
Library. Tel: 01279 815149. Council Offices.
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Ferries indicated are Harwich and Ipswich.
Airport indicated is Stansted Airport. Stansted Mountfitchet is about 1 mile west of Junction
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Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
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................ for your photo of a long established business
in Stansted Mountfitchet - please send jpeg by email
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- Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, Essex. CO9 3DJ. Tel: 01787
460261. hedinghamcastle.co.uk
- Colchester Zoo, Maldon
Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0SL. Tel: 01206 331292.
colchester-zoo.co.uk
- Audley End House and Gardens, Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex,
CB11 4JF. Tel: 01799 522399. english-heritage.org.uk
- Central Museum/ Planetarium/
Discovery Centre, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6ES. Tel : 01702
434449
- Essex Wildlife Trust, Langdon Nature Reserve, Third Avenue,
Lower Dunton Road, Basildon, Essex SS16 6EB. Tel 01268 419103.
essexwt.org.uk
- Great
Leighs Ltd, Chelmsford,
Essex, CM3 1QP. Tel: 01245 362412. The UK's newest racecourse.
greatleighs.com