The Cricketers
Airport access
How you get from this hotel to the gate.
About this hotel
This is a step up from the standard countryside pub stay: the rooms are described as refined rather than basic, set inside a 16th-century inn with the character that implies. A full English breakfast is included, not paid separately, alongside free Wi-Fi and free parking, a combination that removes every recurring cost a terminal-ring hotel would charge for. The on-site restaurant serves local fare rather than a generic hotel menu, and the bar extends the evening beyond the room. Kid-friendly and smoke-free rooms widen who the stay works for, and a 9.0 rating across 1,451 reviews is among the strongest of any property in this guide, well beyond a marginal pick. It suits a traveller who wants a genuinely good inn stay near Stansted rather than a merely convenient one.