Short Stay Green

Five to eight minutes’ walk buys you Short Stay Green

Short Stay Green sits in the short-stay cluster at Stansted, about a 5–8 minute covered walk from the terminal doors. It splits into two bits: Green Premium close to arrivals, and the Green multistorey a touch further back. Both are signed clearly from the main airport access road and sit on the same “green” colour code, so watch the word Premium on the signs if you’re aiming for one or the other.

Headline price is around £62.99 per day for short-stay-style parking, but the reality is a spread: Green Premium usually prices at the top end, Green multistorey tends to be the “cheapest reasonable” option on drive-up. Both are short-stay, so think one to three days, not two weeks in August. Barriers are ANPR-based, so you roll up, take a ticket or use your booking, and roll out to pay.

Green Premium sits closest to arrivals and is often called out by regulars as the pick when you’re on a company-paid business trip. It’s “quite near arrivals,” usually pre‑book only, and aimed at people who want the shortest walk and don’t care that it costs more than the multistorey. Frequent flyers pre‑book it when they know they’ll be cutting it fine for a departure and want the smallest landside margin.

Green multistorey stands just behind Premium, still only around a 5–8 minute walk, and the key detail is that you can usually drive up without a reservation. FlyerTalk regulars call it the “cheapest reasonable option” if you’re paying your own way, and many self‑funding frequent flyers treat it as the default compromise between price and walk time.

Watch out for: Green Premium’s pre‑booking requirement catches last‑minute drivers; you may get waved away or pay a steep drive‑up rate. Green multistorey can also sting on the day if you don’t book ahead, just like other STN car parks. If your plans are firm, check advance prices for both against that £62.99/day marker and lock something in.

One tip: decide before you enter the airport road whether you want Premium or multistorey, then follow the exact “Green Premium” or “Green Multi-Storey” signage; missing the right turn costs more time than the extra two minutes’ walk you were trying to save.