Ramada by Wyndham London Stansted Airport: 4 miles from terminal, free breakfast & parking (direct bookings), modern rooms, restaurant, bar. Budget-friendly.
Ramada is the only Stansted-area hotel where both breakfast and parking are free — and the only one with no shuttle at all. It sits four miles out at Birchanger Green services, junction 8 of the M11, with a full English breakfast included in every rate and free on-site parking on direct bookings.
Room rates from around £50 make it the cheapest option here. The trade-off is a transfer you have to arrange yourself, at roughly £15–£20 by taxi. This page works through whether the free inclusions actually beat the transfer cost, and for whom. Pre-booked fixed-fare transfers between the hotel and the terminal with Stansted Airport Taxi, a TfL-licensed private-hire operator. Reviewed August 2026.
If total cost is what you care about, yes — but only once you do the sum properly. Room from around £50–£100, full English breakfast included, parking free on direct bookings. Add a taxi at £15–£20 and the all-in figure still frequently lands lowest at Stansted.
If you are driving and staying more than one night, the case gets stronger. Free parking on a multi-night stay is worth considerably more than a £4 shuttle saving, and it is the one inclusion no other Stansted hotel matches.
There is no shuttle. None at all. Every journey to and from the terminal is a taxi or a pre-booked car you arrange yourself. If that is a deal-breaker — for an unpredictable landing time or a very early departure — look at Holiday Inn Express, whose shuttle runs 24 hours.
The headline facts before the detail — distance, what is free, and what you arrange yourself.
| Hotel detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Hotel | Ramada by Wyndham London Stansted Airport — 100+ rooms, 3-star budget |
| Location | Welcome Break Birchanger Green Service Area, junction 8 M11, Bishop's Stortford, Essex |
| Postcode | CM23 5QZ |
| Distance to terminal | 4 miles — 7 to 10 minutes by taxi, approximately £15–£20 |
| Shuttle | None — taxi or pre-booked transfer required |
| Check-in / check-out | From 15:00 / by 11:00 (early and late available on request) |
| Breakfast | Included — full English, in all room rates |
| Parking | Free on direct bookings — large car park, ample spaces, 24-hour access |
| Facilities | Restaurant, bar, free Wi-Fi, business centre, meeting rooms, accessible rooms, laundry |
| Indicative rate | £50–£100 per night — the lowest at Stansted |
Prices shown are calculated on room type, date and availability. Your final fixed price is confirmed at the time of booking. Hotel prices, inclusions and booking conditions change — check directly with the property.
Free breakfast plus free parking are savings no other Stansted hotel matches. For two adults that is £20–£35 of breakfast and £8–£25 of parking not spent — enough to cover the taxi with change.
The four-mile distance is the price of that. Whether it is worth paying depends almost entirely on how many nights you are parking for.
How far is Ramada from Stansted Airport?
Four miles, seven to ten minutes by taxi at roughly £15–£20. There is no shuttle service, so the transfer is something you arrange yourself in both directions.
Does Ramada have a shuttle bus?
No. This is the one Stansted-area hotel with no shuttle at all. Reception can point you to a taxi firm, or you can pre-book a fixed-fare transfer before you travel.
Is breakfast included at Ramada Stansted?
Yes — a full English breakfast is included in all room rates. Bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, beans, mushrooms and tomatoes, with cooked-to-order omelettes and continental items alongside.
Is parking free at Ramada Stansted?
Free on direct bookings — book through a third-party site and that may not apply. Large car park, ample spaces, 24-hour access, CCTV monitored. Book direct to be certain.
What does a night at Ramada actually cost?
Roughly £80–£100 all in for a couple: room £60–£80, breakfast free, parking free, taxi around £20. Frequently the lowest total at Stansted once every line is counted.
Is Ramada pet-friendly?
Yes — one of very few Stansted-area hotels that accommodates pets. Confirm the exact policy and any charge with the hotel when you book.
A motorway service area rather than an airport perimeter — which turns out to be an advantage in one specific way.
Welcome Break Birchanger Green Service Area, Junction 8 M11, Dunmow Road, Birchanger, Bishop's Stortford, Essex CM23 5QZ.
The hotel sits within the Birchanger Green services at junction 8 of the M11, roughly four miles from the Stansted terminal. Give a driver the postcode CM23 5QZ.
What a service-area position gives you. Straightforward road access, and — unusually for a Stansted hotel — somewhere to eat that is not the hotel restaurant. The service area has multiple food outlets, shops, a petrol station and EV charging. Compare that with Premier Inn or Novotel, where the hotel kitchen is effectively your only option.
What it costs you. There is no shuttle. Every journey to the terminal is a taxi or a car you have booked, at around £15–£20.
Phone: +44 1279 213900 (reception, 24 hours)
This section covers where this hotel sits. For how the wider hotel landscape is arranged, see our Stansted airport hotels guide.
Four miles — the furthest of the main Stansted properties, and the reason the room is cheapest.
Four miles from the terminal, seven to ten minutes by road.
This is a moderate off-airport distance, and the journey itself is short. What makes it different from the other properties here is that no hotel transport covers it. There is no shuttle to price, no first departure to check and no last service to miss — but equally, nothing arranged for you.
With no shuttle, the two moments that catch people out are landing late at night and leaving before dawn. Both are entirely manageable — a pre-booked car covers four miles at any hour — but neither is manageable if you start solving it in the arrivals hall at 01:00.
Book the return leg at the same time as the outbound. It costs the same and removes the problem.
Do not plan to walk. Four miles along and across trunk-road infrastructure is not a pedestrian route in any sense.
This is the only question that matters at Ramada. Here is the sum, worked properly.
| Cost line | Two adults, one night, driving |
|---|---|
| Room | £60–£80 |
| Breakfast, two people | £0 — included |
| Parking, one night | £0 — free on direct bookings |
| Transfer to terminal | ~£20 per vehicle |
| Total | ~£80–£100 |
Where it wins decisively: multi-night parking. Free parking across four nights saves £56 against Holiday Inn Express at £14 a night, and £100 against Hampton by Hilton at £25. No transfer arrangement changes a gap that size.
Where it wins narrowly: a couple on one night. The free breakfast and parking roughly cover the taxi, leaving the lower room rate as the margin.
Where it loses: a solo traveller on one night, not driving. You pay a full vehicle fare for one person and gain only the breakfast. A £4-per-person shuttle at Holiday Inn Express is cheaper in that specific case.
Book through a third-party site and the parking inclusion may not apply to your rate. Call +44 1279 213900 or book through Wyndham directly, and confirm the parking is noted on your confirmation.
This is the single most common way guests lose the value they came here for.
Recently renovated, better than the price bracket suggests, and genuinely quiet.
| Room type | Suits |
|---|---|
| Standard | One or two guests — the default booking |
| Comfort | One or two guests, more space and better finish |
| Executive | Business stays, additional amenities |
| Family / interconnecting | Families needing rooms that open to each other |
| Accessible | Step-free access, mobility assistance available |
In-room amenities: free Wi-Fi · flat-screen TV · work desk · tea and coffee facilities · modern bathroom · hairdryer · air-conditioning · triple-glazed windows · iron and ironing board.
Room quality. Modern and recently renovated, with Hypnos deluxe beds, spacious layouts and contemporary furnishings. For a property at the bottom of the Stansted price range, the rooms are noticeably better than the rate implies.
Noise. Triple glazing handles the motorway, and being four miles out handles the runway. Between the two, this is one of the quieter Stansted options — which is not the first thing you would expect of a hotel at a service area.
Accessible rooms offer step-free access and mobility assistance. Confirm the specific configuration on +44 1279 213900 before booking. With no shuttle to consider, arrange an accessible vehicle for your transfer at the same time.
Modest hotel provision, expanded considerably by the service area around it.
Birchanger Green has multiple food outlets, shops, a petrol station and EV charging on the doorstep. At every other Stansted-area hotel, the hotel restaurant is effectively your only option without a car.
If you are arriving late, staying more than one night, or travelling with children who will not eat what the restaurant is serving, this genuinely matters.
A full English included in every rate — not a continental tray, and not an add-on.
Breakfast is included in all room rates. It is a cooked breakfast rather than a pastry buffet:
Check the serving hours against your flight when you book. A cooked breakfast included in the rate is only worth something if it is open before you need to leave — and with a four-mile transfer to arrange, you will be leaving earlier than you would from an on-airport hotel.
| Meal | Indicative cost |
|---|---|
| Breakfast | Included in every room rate |
| Lunch mains | ~£10–£15 |
| Dinner mains | ~£12–£18 |
| Bar drinks | ~£4–£7 |
| Room service | Menu pricing, 24 hours |
| Service area outlets | Fast food and coffee, typical high-street pricing |
There is no shuttle. These are your actual options, and what each costs.
| Option | Cost and timing | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-booked transfer | Fixed fare, 7–10 min, any hour | Early departures, late landings, families, luggage |
| Taxi from reception | ~£15–£20, 7–10 min | Daytime departures arranged on the day |
| Airport taxi rank | ~£15–£20 from arrivals | Inbound, if you have not booked ahead |
| Your own car | Free parking on direct bookings | Drivers — park once and leave it |
| Walking | Not viable | Nobody — four miles of trunk road |
From the hotel to the terminal. Call reception for a local taxi firm, or arrange a pre-booked transfer before you travel. Seven to ten minutes either way.
From the terminal to the hotel. The taxi rank at arrivals covers it at around £15–£20, or a pre-booked car meets you. For a late landing, booking ahead is worth doing — the fare is fixed and the vehicle is waiting.
If you are renting a car at the airport, drive straight to the hotel and park free. The M11 junction 8 position makes this the simplest of the Stansted properties to reach and leave by road, and the natural base if you are driving on to Cambridge or London.
The lowest room rates at Stansted, and the fewest extras on top.
Rooms run from around £50 to £100 per night — the cheapest published range of the main Stansted properties. Rates move with date, demand and how far ahead you book.
| Included in the rate | Charged separately |
|---|---|
| The room | Transfer to the airport — ~£15–£20 |
| Full English breakfast | Lunch and dinner — £10–£18 mains |
| Parking (direct bookings) | Room service — menu pricing |
| Free Wi-Fi | Pet charge, if applicable |
Cancellation. Standard rates typically allow free cancellation 24–48 hours out; budget rates are non-refundable. For a stay tied to a flight, flexibility usually earns its price.
How to book the best rate. Call +44 1279 213900 or book through Wyndham directly — direct bookings are what carry the free parking, and phone booking often produces the best rate. Wyndham Rewards is free to join and members see discounts. Book early; rates rise sharply close in.
Prices last checked: August 2026
Where the free inclusions outweigh the transfer, and where they do not.
The strongest case, by a distance. Free parking across four nights saves £56 against Holiday Inn Express and £100 against Hampton by Hilton. Nothing about a four-mile transfer changes a gap that size. Park once, fly, come back to the car.
Strong fit. Lowest room rates at Stansted, breakfast included for everyone in the room, parking free. A single vehicle fare split between two or four people is where the maths turns in your favour.
Good fit, and unusually so. A cooked-to-order full English included in the rate, plus a service area with multiple food outlets outside the door. Every other Stansted-area hotel leaves you with one restaurant and nothing else.
One of very few options. Ramada accommodates pets where most Stansted hotels do not — the Radisson Blu and Premier Inn both decline them. Confirm the exact policy and any charge at booking.
Good fit. The M11 junction 8 position is convenient for Cambridge, London via the M25, and Bishop's Stortford. If the airport is one stop on a longer trip rather than the whole point, the road access matters more than the walkway does.
Weaker fit. You pay a full vehicle fare for one person and gain only the breakfast. A £4-per-person shuttle at Holiday Inn Express is cheaper in that specific case — the free-parking half of the proposition does nothing for you.
Workable, but plan it. There is no first shuttle to miss, which is an advantage — a pre-booked car runs at 03:00 exactly as it does at 15:00. Book it the night before rather than calling for a taxi at 04:00.
Not the right property. Four miles, no shuttle, no pedestrian route. If removing the transfer matters, the Radisson Blu and Hampton by Hilton are the only walkable options at Stansted.
Match your circumstances against the property before you book.
| Your situation | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Driving and leaving the car for several nights | Yes — free parking is worth more than everything else combined |
| Budget is the priority, travelling as two or four | Yes — lowest total once breakfast and parking are counted |
| You want a proper cooked breakfast included | Yes — full English in every rate, the best inclusion at Stansted |
| Travelling with a pet | Yes — one of very few Stansted hotels that accommodates them |
| You want food options beyond the hotel | Yes — the service area is on the doorstep |
| Solo, one night, no car | Maybe not — consider Holiday Inn Express and its £4 shuttle |
| You want a shuttle | No — there is none. Holiday Inn Express runs 24 hours at £4 |
| You want to walk to the terminal | No — consider Radisson Blu or Hampton by Hilton |
| You want a gym or pool | No — consider Novotel or Radisson Blu |
Book direct — it is not a preference here, it is what carries the free parking.
Book direct by phone or through Wyndham → confirmation showing free parking → check in from 15:00 → park free and register the vehicle at reception → full English breakfast in the morning → pre-booked car to the terminal, 7–10 minutes → check out by 11:00.
The primary sources behind the facts on this page, so you can verify current rates and inclusions directly.
Q: How far is Ramada from Stansted Airport?
A: Four miles, seven to ten minutes by road at roughly £15–£20 in a taxi. There is no shuttle service, so the transfer is something you arrange in both directions.
Q: Does Ramada have a shuttle bus?
A: No — this is the one Stansted-area hotel with no shuttle at all. Reception can point you to a taxi firm, or pre-book a fixed-fare transfer before you travel.
Q: Is breakfast included at Ramada Stansted?
A: Yes — a full English is included in all room rates. Bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, beans, mushrooms and tomatoes, plus cooked-to-order omelettes and continental items.
Q: Is parking free at Ramada Stansted?
A: Free on direct bookings. Book through a third-party site and it may not apply to your rate — call +44 1279 213900 or book through Wyndham, and check the confirmation names it.
Q: What's the total cost for a couple with a car?
A: Roughly £80–£100 for one night — room £60–£80, breakfast free, parking free, taxi around £20. Frequently the lowest total at Stansted once every line is counted.
Q: What time is check-in and check-out?
A: Check-in from 15:00, check-out by 11:00. Early check-in is available if a room is ready, and late check-out is subject to availability and may be charged.
Q: How much does Ramada Stansted cost per night?
A: Roughly £50–£100 — the cheapest published range at Stansted — with breakfast and parking already included on direct bookings.
Q: What facilities does Ramada Stansted have?
A: Restaurant, bar, free Wi-Fi, business centre, meeting rooms, laundry facilities, accessible rooms and free parking. No gym or pool.
Q: Is there anywhere to eat nearby?
A: Yes, and unusually so for a Stansted hotel. Birchanger Green services has multiple food outlets, shops, a petrol station and EV charging immediately outside the hotel.
Q: Is Ramada Stansted pet-friendly?
A: Yes — one of very few Stansted-area hotels that accommodates pets. Confirm the exact policy and any charge with the hotel when you book.
Q: Is Ramada suitable for an early flight?
A: Yes, provided you book the car the night before. There is no first shuttle to miss, so a pre-booked transfer runs at 03:00 exactly as it does at midday. Check breakfast hours separately.
Q: Are accessible rooms available?
A: Yes, with step-free access and mobility assistance. Call +44 1279 213900 to confirm the configuration, and arrange an accessible vehicle for the transfer at the same time.
Q: Is Wi-Fi free?
A: Yes, free throughout the hotel and included in every rate.
Q: Can I cancel for free?
A: Most standard rates allow free cancellation 24 to 48 hours before arrival. Budget rates are non-refundable. Check the rate terms at booking.
Ramada is the one Stansted-area hotel with no shuttle at all, which makes the transfer the single thing to get right. Four miles is seven to ten minutes by road, and a pre-booked car runs it at any hour — 03:00 for a dawn departure, or waiting in arrivals when a delayed flight finally lands. The fare is fixed before you travel and does not multiply by the number of people in the car, which is why it works for a family where a per-person shuttle would not. Stansted Airport Taxi runs pre-booked journeys between Birchanger Green and the terminal, and onward across the region.
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Other Stansted hotels: Radisson Blu · Hampton by Hilton · Holiday Inn Express · Novotel · Premier Inn · All Stansted hotels compared
See also: Bishop's Stortford transfers · Parking guide · Terminal guide
Last reviewed August 2026 · Prices last updated August 2026 · Next review November 2026 · Sources checked against Wyndham's official site, Welcome Break Birchanger Green and London Stansted Airport's official hotels page · Stansted Airport Taxi editorial team.
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