Holiday Inn Express Stansted Airport, Stansted

Advantages: Great new airport
Disadvantages: underused and undersold

...If you live North of London or East of London, you used to have a real job getting to a decent enough airport to take you on your holidays every year. Sure you do have Luton but its not exactly international class. So when the plans to extend Stansted into London's "3rd Airport" were announced, I was quite happy. It was going to be goodbye to the arduous trips around the M25 to Gatwick and Heathrow and instead, a 25 minute drive through pleasant country roads to my nearest airport. And what a Joy it is to fly from. Its nowhere near as big as Heathrow or Gatwick but it is much more modern and geared towards todays modern traveller. Its all under one roof at the moment too which makes travelling around the airport much easier. The Check in desks are straight ahear of you as you enter the main terminal. The terminal has actually swopped... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Frequent
Disadvantages: Expensive

...Before the Stansted Express you could choose the car and drive to the airport from Central London. This is a nightmare in rush hour traffic and then you have to go through the perils of Long-Stay Parking. Or you could take a bus or coach but these too would become caught up in the traffic. Or you could take the local train but these are almost invitably delayed or cancelled meaning you would miss your flight. The Stansted Express is a train service but unlike the rest of the British network. It is fast, frequent and more importantly on-time though it does have the cost of the British Railways. Trains leave from Liverpool Street Station direct to Stansted Airport (apart from also stopping at Tottenham Hale - is you are travelling into the West End take the Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale and then you can take the Victoria Line... Read review

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Advantages: Less congested, easily accessible
Disadvantages: Not as many routes as Heathrow/Gatwick

...Stansted is London’s third international airport, situated on the Herts/Essex border in between London and Cambridge. Many people only see Heathrow and Gatwick as the main players in the London area. However Stansted is a more modern, less congested viable alternative. Getting to Stansted is very easy indeed, being conveniently located and easily accessible from most places. It is situated next to Junction 8 of the M11, which makes accessing London, East Anglia and the north, very simple. For those who don’t drive (or perhaps don’t relish the thought of paying to park!) there is a railway station situated under the terminal. From here you can catch the Stansted Express into London Liverpool Street. The trains run roughly every quarter of an hour during the day, and less often in the early morning/evening. The journey... Read review

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