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Novotel London Stansted Airport

3.8 of 5 • 1,510 reviews
Brewer's End
Easy to get to and from the airport from the hotel. Bus stops right outside. Room was clean and comfortable. Read more
£59

Ramada London Stansted Airport

3.8 of 5 • 1,147 reviews
Brewer's End
Nice staff, clean room, nice atmosphere at the hotel lobby Read more
£44

Days Inn London Stansted Airport

3.7 of 5 • 677 reviews
Brewer's End
We were made to feel welcome as we didn't arrive until 12.30, very helpful at the reception desk. We had a relaxing stay before our 3 hour drive home . Read more
£43

Hampton By Hilton London Stansted Airport

4.4 of 5 • 12 reviews
Stansted
Nice modern hotel, very close to terminal although lots of stairs if you walk, fine if only travelling with hand luggage. Bar prices a bit steep, but you are very close to london, breakfast good but lay out of things higgeldy piggeldy, beds comf … Read more
£66

Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport

4.4 of 5 • 3,309 reviews
Stansted
Perfect check in, room lovely and comfortable. Room service food basic quality. Breakfast to a high standard. Worth a visit. Read more
£83

The Green Man Boutique Hotel

4.2 of 5 • 24 reviews
Brewer's End
Nice hotel, comfortable small room, only negative was the masserator for the water / toilet was very noisy, but our one night stay was nice Read more
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Latchmead

4.8 of 5 • 34 reviews
Trimms Green
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The Stables at The Starr Inn

4.5 of 5 • 111 reviews
Stansted
I stayed one night only between taking business customers to Stanstead from the North and collecting following day. The hotel staff were friendly creating a small family atmosphere. The room over the old stables was clean and comfortable. I … Read more
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Saracens Head Hotel

5 of 5 • 1 reviews
Stansted
Great hotel. Clean and rooms spacious. Great atmosphere Read more
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Down Hall Hotel & Spa

4.3 of 5 • 340 reviews
Harlow
A really good find this. We were looking as a base rather than a hotel to spend time in but this venue offers both. A busy hotel but the service was excellent and the rooms really good, spacious and comfortable. Read more
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Pocket Guide: Stansted Mountfitchet Castle Hotels

In Hertfordshire you'll immediately sense a deep history, evident from the ruined abbeys and castles that dot the landscape, the ancient towns like St. Albans and artefacts in countless museums. The Romans were here over two millennia ago, but perhaps the most pivotal year in English history was 1066, when the Normans arrived. They immediately built a huge number of 'Motte and Bailey' castles to control the understandably disgruntled natives!

Most of these were later replaced by stone fortresses and others were quickly absorbed back into the landscape, so it's rare to find even the remains of any of them. However, the Mountfitchet Castle open-air museum allows visitors to see what these transient fortifications were like, and it makes a good destination for a day's excursion from a nearby Hertfordshire hotel if you're based in the area.

Hertfordshire Hotels for Mountfitchet Castle Open-Air Museum

This fascinating museum is a reconstruction of a 900-year-old Motte and Bailey castle from the early years of the Norman Conquest. It also has a reconstructed village of the time behind its walls, just as it would have been almost a millennium ago. Visitors can wander around the thatched houses and get a real feel for what it must have been like for Norman settlers at the time, vulnerable to guerrilla attacks from the locals, and seeking to impose their will on their new kingdom by brute force.

Mountfitchet Castle from Hertfordshire Hotels

The Norman castle and its associated village have been reconstructed on the site of an original Motte and Bailey castle of the time, making it a unique example of its kind. Complete with smouldering log fires and many other authentic touches, it's an educational experience as well as a lot of fun. Come along to Mountfitchet Castle with the family and you'll experience not just another empty ruin but a living site full of atmosphere, designed down to the last detail based on contemporary accounts and information from archaeological digs. From your base in a Hertfordshire hotel it makes the perfect daytime outing, and the surrounding parkland with fallow deer is also worth a visit.

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