Stansted Official Mid Stay

Stansted Official Mid Stay is a self-parking option for trips of around three days to one week, with a free shuttle taking approximately seven minutes to the terminal. Drive through using ANPR, choose a space and keep your keys while you are away. The shuttle service runs 24 hours a day.

Mid Stay sits between the airport’s walk-to-terminal Short Stay products and its longer-transfer Long Stay and JetParks options. It is aimed at passengers who want official airport parking, a relatively short bus journey and the flexibility to turn up without pre-booking when spaces are available.

Why choose Stansted Official Mid Stay?

• Short transfer: the free shuttle takes around seven minutes to the terminal.
• Keep your keys: your vehicle stays in the space you choose while you are away.
• 24-hour transfers: buses operate day and night.
• ANPR entry: the barrier recognises the registration entered when booking.
• Turn Up & Park: unlike Long Stay and JetParks, Mid Stay can be used without pre-booking when spaces are available.
• Park Mark accredited: the car park meets recognised standards for safer parking.
• Blue Badge facilities: accessible bays are available and the shuttle buses are wheelchair accessible.

How does Mid Stay compare with Long Stay?

Both are official self-parking car parks where you keep your keys and take a free shuttle to the terminal. Long Stay is intended for longer trips and has a transfer of around 15 minutes, while Mid Stay has a shorter journey of around seven minutes and accepts stays from approximately three days.

Choose Mid Stay for a shorter transfer, a shorter trip or the option to arrive without pre-booking. Choose Long Stay when it offers the better price for a longer stay.

How does Mid Stay compare with JetParks?

JetParks is also an official self-parking option where you keep your keys, but it is aimed more at longer trips and has a longer shuttle journey. JetParks is pre-book only and closes over winter, while Mid Stay operates year-round and permits Turn Up & Park subject to availability.

Choose Mid Stay when convenience and a shorter transfer matter more. Choose JetParks when it is open and provides the lower price for a longer trip.

How does Mid Stay compare with Meet & Greet?

With Mid Stay, you park the car yourself, keep your keys and take a seven-minute shuttle. With Official Meet & Greet, you leave your car and keys near the terminal and airport staff park it for you, with check-in only a short walk away.

Choose Mid Stay when you want to keep your keys and balance price with a relatively short transfer. Choose Meet & Greet when avoiding the shuttle and getting closer to the terminal justify the higher price.

Important things to know

Mid Stay normally has a minimum stay of three days, subject to availability. You can turn up without booking, but spaces are limited and Stansted recommends pre-booking to guarantee a space and secure a better price. Enter the correct registration so the ANPR system can recognise your vehicle. Blue Badge spaces are located in Zone L close to the bus shelter, and the courtesy buses are wheelchair accessible. Trailers are not accepted in official Stansted car parks. If you stay beyond your booked return time, additional charges may apply. Mid Stay Saver bookings cannot be amended or cancelled.

Address:

Stansted Airport
Off Bassingbourn Roundabout
Thremhall Avenue
Essex
CM24 1PZ

Directions

Leave the M11 at junction 8 if you're travelling from the north and junction 8a if you're coming from the south. At the roundabout, you'll need to take the fourth exit if you're coming from the south, and the first if you're coming from the north, onto the A120 Thremhall Avenue. Take the third exit at the next roundabout. You should then drive down the slip road to the airport. You'll come to yet another roundabout, where you'll need to take the third exit. Shortly after, you'll come to the final roundabout and you'll need to take the first exit. After a short while, you should see the car park on your left.

Transfer from airport

Transfers run 24 hours a day, every 10 minutes and the journey takes just 7 minutes.

Arrival procedure

On arrival, please pull up to the car park’s barrier. It will read your number plate and open for you. If you have any problems, please press the button to talk to the car park’s team, but make sure you don’t push the button to take a ticket as you will be charged again for your parking.

Please try to get to the car park at least half an hour before your flight to make sure you have enough time.

When you’re ready, catch the transfer bus to the terminal.

Departure procedure

On your return, please catch the bus back to the car park from where it dropped you off. If you tell the driver where you parked, he will try to drop you off nearby.

Once you've collected your car, drive to the barrier and it will open to let you out. If the barrier doesn’t open, press the button to speak to someone at the car park.

Security

The car park is fully covered by CCTV, including the entrance, and is patrolled 24 hours a day. It has also been awarded the Park Mark, a national security award accredited by the Association of Chief Police Officers.

Disabled facilities

The car park has disabled toilets and disabled parking bays. Transfer buses have low floors.

Additional information

If you need any extra days' parking, the car park will charge you for the extra days at its normal rate. If you don't use all your parking, unfortunately we can't give you a refund for the unused days. Days are counted not from midnight to midnight but from the time you arrive at the car park.

You will need to give the car park your car registration number either when you book, or some time before you go. If you change the car you're going to be travelling in, you need to give them the new details.

Most standard cars (without trailers/not commercial vehicles) will be accepted at the car park as long as they fit under the 3.5m barrier and fit in a standard-size parking bay (2.4m x 4.8m).

Mid Stay Saver

If you choose Mid Stay Saver from the options available, your booking cannot be amended or cancelled.

Mid Stay with Security Fast Track

If you choose Mid Stay with Security Fast Track from the options available, your booking will include a VIP Fast Track pass through airport security for up to 5 people.

Once you've checked in, please proceed to the Security Fast Track and present the 'Fast Track' voucher on the bottom of the booking confirmation.

Please note that the Security Fast Track element of this product is only valid for a maximum of 5 passengers.