Hotel in Detail:
This is a bed and breakfast type hotel meaning its housed in a residential type of building with few rooms and offers breakfast. In this case the Stansted Airport Lodge offers 11 bedrooms, all with private bathrooms and the public areas and bedrooms benefit from free wireless internet access.All bedrooms come with a TV, radio, telephone, tea/coffee–making iron, ironing facilities, heating and bathroom (shower, toilet).
A continental breakfast is served every day from 04.00.
The lodge is 10 minutes walk from the Green man which serves food.
Hotel is non–smoking.
Long–stay parking package is available, the parking is off–site. Note that normal parking is available onsite (charges apply).
The Stansted Airport Lodge is part of the De Salis Chain.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Railway Station: Stansted Airport 1.6 miles (2.6 km), Tube Station: Epping 13.2 miles (21.3 km), Motorway: M11 Junction 8 1.7 miles (2.7 km).The Stansted Airport Lodge Hotel is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south of the terminal at Stansted Airport which is just 5 minutes by road. Sits on Takeley Street which is part of the much longer B1256 Greet Dunmow Road. Only 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from junction 8 of the M11 (also a 5 minute drive) giving direct road access down to north east London and connecting with both the M25 motorway and North Circular A406 London orbital road. The Stansted Airport Lodge hotel is located in a small English village called Takeley which can trace its history back over 1000 years. Local places of interest include Hatfield Forest (1.1 miles (1.8 km)), Mountfitchet Castle (2.5 miles, 4km) and House On The Hill Toy Museum (2.6 miles, 4.1 km).
Name Check: Please be careful with the name of this hotel since there are two other similarly named hotels around Stansted and they are often confused. This is the Stansted Airport Lodge, note the Airport in the title. The other two hotels are the Avalon Stansted Lodge and the Stansted Lodge Aspen. The last two are sister hotels located in Elsenham.
Shuttle/Transfers: The hotel has special rates with a local taxi service for transfers to the airport. Transfers from the airport are available are from the “15-minute Pick Up Point”, located at one level down from the terminal next to the Bus/Coach Station. This service runs till 01.00 and costs about £6.
Bedroom Numbers: 11
Check-in: 11.00 am
Check-out: 18.00 till midnight
This hotel has averaged a score of 2.35 out of 5 by 1742 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 2.4 out of 5 from 1433 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 1 of 1 for small hotel in Takeley and rated 2 out of 5 from 309 reviews)
Parking:
Private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed) and costs £6.20 per day.Internet:
WiFi is available in the rooms and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 47% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 2 star hotels is 65%. Therefore this hotel is below average for its sector (star rating) .
Compared to surrounding hotels: The hotels rating of 47% is 28% below the 75% average guest rating for the area around Stansted. Therefore compared to hotels around the airport its rating is well below average.
Milesfaster ranking: 839th from 853 London hotels, 25th of 26 Stansted hotels, and 47th of 55 two star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar type of hotel (size, rating) nearby (7.3 miles, 11.8 km) would be the 2 star Swan Hotel - Thaxted,
with rates that start from about £45 and which has a 79% guest satisfaction rating. The Swan Hotel - Thaxted also offers: free WiFi.
Prefer something with a higher guest rating? Then the 3 Star Travelodge Stansted Great Dunmow may be one too look at, although it's 5.9 miles (9.4 km) away. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 90%.