Every car park the parking sites I work with sell at Stansted, with how each works on the day, whether it's open when you land, and the full price for your dates where a site tells me one.
Drop-off £10 for 15 minutes
4 car parks from 4 sites
4 car parks at Stansted
Choose your dates and I'll line up each car park's price for that stay. Commission never changes the order. How I rank these
London Stansted Airport sells its own car parks on its website, which I don't list here.
Stansted runs its own Meet & Greet, with cars kept in an on-airport car park.
Stansted strongly discourages booking with the third-party firms it names on its meet and greet page. Its advice
Worth knowing
Stansted's JetParks closes over the winter.
Which kind of parking?
Meet and greet
A driver meets you at the terminal, takes your car to their car park and brings it back when you land.
Suits
Families with luggage, early flights, anyone who hates shuttle buses.
Check
Who drives your car, where it's kept and whether it's insured meanwhile.
Park and ride
You drive to a car park near the airport and a shuttle bus (or a train) takes you to the terminal.
Suits
Longer trips and lighter bags, when price matters more than minutes.
Check
How often the bus runs at your times, and whether you keep your keys.
On the airport
The airport's own car parks: you park and walk, or take the airport's bus, to the terminal.
Suits
Short trips, and anyone who wants the airport's own car park.
Check
Booking ahead: the airport's turn-up prices are much higher.
Before you book meet and greet
Meet and greet is the easiest way to park, and most firms are fine. But rogue operators are a known problem at the big airports, so it's worth five minutes' checking before you hand over your keys.
Find the company's full name, registered address and a landline, and look it up on Companies House.Gatwick Airport
Check it's insured to drive and keep your car, and what its terms say about damage.Which?
Look for an approval you can check: Safer Parking (formerly Park Mark) for the car park, or an airport's own approved list.Safer Parking
Read independent reviews, and be wary of rows of identical scores or names that sound official.Which?
Photograph each side of the car, the mileage and the fuel when you hand it over.Which?
Pay by credit card: over £100, it gives you a claim against the card company if things go wrong.Which?
How I rank these, and how I make money
Cheapest first: by each site's price for your dates where it gives me one, then by the most recent price I've seen for a day's parking, then by name. You can sort by the quickest to the terminal instead, where meet and greet comes first.
Every link to a parking site is an ad: if you book, the site may pay me commission. Commission never changes which car parks I list or their order.
I can only list parking sites whose listings reach me through affiliate networks, so every site here can pay me (Compare Parking Prices, Airparks, JustPark, Park BCP). That isn't every car park at Stansted: the airport sells its own on its website.
Prices change by the hour. The price on the site when you book is the one you pay, so check what it includes, such as cancellation cover or a booking fee, before you pay.
Questions people ask
How much does it cost to drop off at Stansted?
£10 for 15 minutes. No barrier. Pay online or by phone after your visit, by midnight the next day, or by AutoPay. Over 15 minutes costs £28. If you don't pay: £100, cut to £60 if paid within 14 days.
Is there free drop-off at Stansted?
Yes. Mid Stay car park: an hour free, with a free shuttle bus to the terminal.
What's the difference between meet and greet and park and ride?
With meet and greet, a driver takes your car at the terminal and brings it back when you land, so there's no bus, but you hand over your keys and your car is driven to their car park. With park and ride you drive to a car park near the airport yourself and take a shuttle bus to the terminal; it's usually cheaper and takes longer.
Does Stansted run its own meet and greet?
Stansted runs its own Meet & Greet, with cars kept in an on-airport car park. Stansted strongly discourages booking with the third-party firms it names on its meet and greet page.