Birchanger Green services
CM23 5QZ
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Single site located at a junction.
A single service area located at an extremely busy roundabout at the exit for Stansted Airport.
Facilities
COVID-19 update: These details were updated on 20 February 2021, with changes caused by COVID-19.
Catering: Burger King, KFC, Starbucks, The Good Breakfast, Krispy Kreme, Starbucks on the Go, Starbucks Drive Thru
Shops: Little Waitrose & Partners, WHSmith
Main Amenities: Showers, Brexit Document Advice Point, HGV Covid-19 Test Centre
Hotels: Days Innbook, Ramadabook
Charging Points: Ecotricity, Tesla Supercharger
Forecourt: Shell, Select, The Deli, f'real Milkshakes, Rollover, Starbucks on the Go, Air1 AdBlue
Parking Prices
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £15 for a further 24 hours and HGVs, caravans and coaches must pay £34 (or £36 to include a £10 meal voucher).
Prices can be paid in the shop with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by ParkingEye.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Birchanger Green Service Station
Dunmow Road
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 5QZ
- 📞 Telephone number: 01279 653388
- 🗺 Grid reference: TL512215
- 📌 what3words: ///bravo.life.stars
Trivia and Design
See also: History:Birchanger Green
The service area is treated by many as an additional airport facility, as Birchanger Green offers two hours free parking compared to the steep parking charges within Stansted.
There is a new rival service area just a mile away on the A120, known as Stansted services, which is actually a group of facilities aimed at airport drop-off traffic which doesn't want to use the airport amenities. Consequently, Birchanger is signed to A120 traffic as if it were a tourist attraction. Traffic joining from Stansted Business Park gets signs for both services.
The large roundabout outside the service area has a long history of traffic issues. Some visitors have argued this is to do with the road layout allowing anybody who missed the car park to go round again, but the traffic lights at the exit seem a more likely culprit.
When you drive in, the petrol facilities are offered before you reach the amenity building. Normally it's the other way round. Here, the car park is the very last option you get, which causes some panic and confusion.
Brands
A 77-bedroom "Days Hotel" was added alongside the existing 60-bedroom one as part of a £3m development. It was later re-branded to Ramada.
Tossed opened here in May 2014 - the first at a motorway service area. The same goes for Chopstix Noodle Bar, which opened in August 2016.
Alternatives
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| none on M11 South Mimms (M25 west, 29 miles) Thurrock (M25 east, 30 miles) | Services on the M11 | none on M11 Cambridge (A14, 32 miles) Fourwentways (A11, 20 miles) |
| none | Services on the A120 | Stansted (2 miles) |
| none on M11 South Mimms (M25 west, 29 miles) | Welcome Break services | none nearby |
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