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Park & Ride
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Low-cost capital. Smart park-and-ride lots 5-15 minutes from the terminal.
Live operator prices for a sample 7-day stay. Sort by price, transfer time or rating. Click through for your exact dates.
| Type | Park Mark | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stansted Peak Park and Ride Stansted Peak Park and Ride | Park & Ride | £106.48Cheapest | £13.12/day | Shuttle | Yes | 5(1) | View |
My CSL Stansted Park & Ride My CSL Stansted Park & Ride | Park & Ride | £108.97 | £13.44/day | 3 min shuttle | — | 4(545) | View |
Long Stay Long Stay | On-Airport | £126.97 | £15.69/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(242) | View |
Jetparks Jetparks | On-Airport | £129.37 | £15.98/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(154) | View |
Stansted Direct Parking Meet & Greet Stansted Direct Parking Meet & Greet | Meet & Greet | £132.09 | £16.32/day | At terminal | Yes | 5(1) | View |
My CSL Stansted Meet & Greet My CSL Stansted Meet & Greet | Meet & Greet | £138.97 | £17.18/day | At terminal | — | 4(103) | View |
Park & Ride Stansted Park & Ride Stansted | Park & Ride | £143.98 | £17.81/day | 3 min shuttle | Yes | 5(243) | View |
Stansted Easy Parking Meet & Greet Stansted Easy Parking Meet & Greet | Meet & Greet | £146.49 | £18.13/day | At terminal | Yes | New | View |
Mid-Stay Car Park Mid-Stay Car Park | On-Airport | £148.07 | £18.32/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(135) | View |
I Love Park & Ride - Stansted I Love Park & Ride | Park & Ride | £158.98 | £19.69/day | 3 min shuttle | Yes | 5(1681) | View |
Meet & Greet Stansted Meet & Greet Stansted | Meet & Greet | £173.98 | £21.56/day | At terminal | — | 4(677) | View |
Maple Park & Ride Maple Park & Ride | Park & Ride | £175.97 | £21.81/day | 5 min shuttle | — | 4(1663) | View |
I Love Meet & Greet - Stansted I Love Meet & Greet | Meet & Greet | £178.98 | £22.19/day | At terminal | — | 4(603) | View |
Short Stay Blue Short Stay Blue | On-Airport | £182.17 | £22.59/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(47) | View |
Stansted Meet & Greet Official Stansted Meet & Greet Official | Meet & Greet | £185.48 | £23.00/day | At terminal | Yes | 5(168) | View |
Short Stay Green Multi-storey Short Stay Green Multi-storey | On-Airport | £194.27 | £24.10/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(64) | View |
Short Stay Premium - Red Zone Short Stay Premium | On-Airport | £241.58 | £30.01/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(10) | View |
Short Stay Premium - Yellow Zone Short Stay Premium | On-Airport | £241.58 | £30.01/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(8) | View |
Short Stay Premium - Orange Zone Short Stay Premium | On-Airport | £255.88 | £31.80/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(43) | View |
Enjoy Parking Park & Ride Enjoy Parking Park & Ride | Park & Ride | £270.48 | £33.62/day | 5 min shuttle | — | 4(19) | View |
The two most popular ways to park at STN. Meet & Greet saves you time; Park & Ride saves you money. Here is how they compare on today's live prices.
The UK's main low-cost-carrier hub.
Stansted is the UK's third-busiest airport and the dominant base for Ryanair in the British Isles. It's a single-terminal operation built around the iconic Norman Foster-designed terminal building that opened in 1991 and has been progressively expanded since.
At London Stansted today, Meet & Greet starts about £3.20/day more than Park & Ride, in exchange for skipping the shuttle at both ends.
The airport's character is firmly low-cost: aside from a handful of mainline carriers (Emirates, Pegasus, Jet2 amongst them), the route map is dominated by short-haul European leisure and business destinations. The result is fast, predictable turnarounds and competitive parking pricing across the board.
Geographically, Stansted sits in fairly flat Essex farmland with plenty of room for off-airport parking compounds. Land prices are lower than around Heathrow or Gatwick, which keeps independent park-and-ride rates among the cheapest in the south-east.
All the practical access info, by car, train, coach and otherwise.
M11 junction 8 connects directly to the airport. From London, allow 60-80 minutes; from Cambridge, around 45 minutes; from Norwich, around 90 minutes via the A11/M11.
The Stansted Express runs every 15 minutes between Liverpool Street and the airport, journey time around 47 minutes. Cross-country services link with Cambridge, Birmingham and Stansted Airport's own bus interchange.
National Express runs 24-hour coaches from Victoria Coach Station. Airport coaches connect Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich, Oxford and the Midlands. Coach drop-off is at the front of the terminal.
The terminal is fully accessible from the rail station via a covered walkway, no shuttle required.
Stansted's official car parks are arranged in concentric rings: Short, Mid and Long Stay. Short Stay is alongside the terminal (ideal for pickups and drop-offs), Mid Stay is a 5-minute walk, and Long Stay is a 5-10 minute shuttle ride.
Independent operators dominate the wider area, particularly along the B1256 and A120. Park-and-ride sites typically run 7-12 minute shuttle intervals during peak hours and undercut the official long-stay price by 30-50%, particularly outside the school holidays.
The questions our 24/7 team gets asked most about flying from London Stansted.
8 days costs from £106.48 (about £13.31 a day) at London Stansted right now, based on live prices from 20 car parks we compare. The cheapest option today is Stansted Peak Park and Ride (park and ride). Prices move with demand and rise sharply in the last fortnight before travel, so booking early is what actually saves money here.
Today the cheapest is Stansted Peak Park and Ride at £106.48 for 8 days, about £13.31 a day. The cheapest on-airport option is Long Stay at £126.97, against £106.48 for Stansted Peak Park and Ride off-airport. There is no single car park that is always cheapest at London Stansted, because operators reprice constantly, so the honest answer is to compare the live table above for your own dates rather than trusting a fixed list.
Two hours for short-haul flights is standard. Stansted security can queue heavily on Friday afternoons and Sunday evenings, add 30 minutes.
Yes from central London, 47 minutes from Liverpool Street. Driving via the M11 is similar but more variable in traffic.
Yes, but Stansted charges a £4-£7 forecourt drop-off fee. The free drop-off is at the Mid Stay car park, with a regular shuttle to the terminal.
Typically yes, by 30-50% for stays of 3+ days. Always sort by total price, booking fees can flip the headline rate.
Yes, direct trains from Cambridge, Norwich and Birmingham, plus express coaches from across East Anglia and the Midlands.
Most travellers aim for 2 hours before departure. Stansted's design means it's a quick walk from car park to gate, but security peaks can be unpredictable.
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Hand keys at the terminal, your car parked in a secure compound.
Walk to the terminal, official airport-operated lots.
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