A fixed-price taxi to Stansted Airport (STN) costs an average of £163, from £76 for nearby towns (the cheapest fare in the list) up to £674 for long-distance cities. Below are real fixed fares from 47 UK towns and cities, with the £10 Stansted drop-off charge already included. Tap any price to lock it in and book in under a minute.
The single biggest factor is distance. The fares below run from £76 for the closest towns to £674 for cross-country cities, because the price reflects the mileage and time on the M11 and A120. Stansted sits to the north-east on the M11, so fares are lowest from Essex, east Hertfordshire and north London, and rise as you cross to the west.
The second factor is vehicle size. Every price here is for a standard saloon carrying up to four passengers; a 6 or 8 seater MPV for a larger group or extra luggage costs a little more but is shown before you book. Crucially, the fare is fixed: there is no meter, no peak-time surge and no airport surcharge bolted on at the end. Stansted has one terminal with a simple drop-off, but the £10 forecourt charge jumps to £28 if a car stays 16 to 30 minutes, so a quick pre-booked drop is the cheapest way through.
The Stansted drop-off charge of £10 is the one cost many travellers forget. Drive yourself and you pay it every visit; book a fixed transfer and it is already inside the quoted fare.
For a solo traveller the train is often the cheaper option. But the moment you are two, three or four people, the maths flips. An average fixed fare to Stansted of £163 split between four works out at roughly £41 each, door to terminal, with no changes and no luggage to drag across a concourse.
Add up the parts of the rail route, a ticket per person, station parking or an onward taxi, the £10 no longer matters because you are not driving, and the gap narrows or disappears entirely for groups and families. The fixed taxi also removes the timetable: it leaves when you do.
Fixed one-way fares for up to four passengers, cheapest first. Tap any route to book it at that fixed price. Part of our UK Airport Transfer Cost Index.
Source: Prime Airport Transfer booking engine, June 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0).
We cover the single terminal at Stansted, reached via the M11 and A120. Stansted has one terminal with a simple drop-off, but the £10 forecourt charge jumps to £28 if a car stays 16 to 30 minutes, so a quick pre-booked drop is the cheapest way through.
For a Stansted arrival, provide the flight number so we can check official arrival information. Meet your driver in Express Set Down outside the terminal; contact them once you have your luggage to agree the bay. For a departure, the same Express Set Down area is used. The included waiting allowance runs from actual landing: 60 minutes international or 30 minutes domestic, with extra waiting covered by our terms. This allowance is not free parking in Express Set Down.
See terminals, fleet and meet-and-greet on our Stansted airport transfers hub, or get a fixed quote now.
Check your fixed price →Google reviews
Recent feedback published by our passengers on Google.
Google review data checked on .