Stansted Lodge Ltd., Elsenham

Advantages: quiet, beautiful, full of wildlife
Disadvantages: miles fom shops, take-aways and nightlife - or is this an advantage!?

...’s quite exciting to think it may really be out there (as long as it stays ‘out there’ and doesn’t want to come ‘ in here’ you understand!!) Henham is a quaint little village, 5 miles from Elsenham and about 10 miles from Stansted Airport. The nearest big towns are Harlow and Cambridge about 30 miles away in either direction. It is a mixture of old and new properties, with thatches in abundance. Our three duck ponds at the moment are home to ducklings and coot chicks as well as their parents. It is also the time of year to put up our ‘beware of frogs crossing’ posters by the road! Henham is the type of village that we would visit on holiday when I was about 9 or 10 years old, and I would say to my parents “I want to live in a place like this” and now I do!!! Mind you, when we... Read review

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Advantages: quiet and small
Disadvantages: long way to the gates

...I have to say, I am not overly impressed with Stansted airport. It can be nice and quiet at times, that would be an advantage I suppose... But what has always troubled me at Stansted is that all my flights are late each and every time! I think I have never taken off from Stansted airport on time. As a first time Stansted passenger it is very helpful to know that you need to take the airport train to the departure terminal. If you do not know about that and expect the "normal" times you are used to from other airports to check in, get to the gate and board, you will be surprised because it takes quite a while to get through the huge queue at the customs desk and then to get to the gate. Once they wouldn't even let me check in anymore even though I still had plenty of time left before the actual boarding time would have started, just... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap flights, goodish connections from Liverpool Street
Disadvantages: A bit out of the way

...Stansted will be excellent once the new Stansted Express train service is up and running. As it is the service from Liverpool Street is tolerable, but a direct non-stop service will help a lot. Because of the fact that it is a tourist airport primarily, the facilities are geared up to tourists, i.e. cheap and cheerful, although there are a good selection of shops at Stansted. If is clean, safe, and check-in times are fine. It is worth taking a detour and going to Stansted to take advantage of many of the budget flights that are ex-Stansted. I have used it quite a few times, as it has made flights from Edinburgh to the continent much more affordable, and also because Buzz fly to Vienna from here, and it offers by far and away the cheapest flights to Vienna.I have only ever had problems getting there once, and that was when the train... Read review

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