Why go
- Town and borough in Hertfordshire, England.
- Served by Benington Airfield.
History
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about 28 miles (45 km) north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act. In 2021 it had a population of 94,456.
Restaurants & places to go
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Airports
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 10 airlines, 153 direct destinations
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 124 routes: Aarhus, Alghero, Alicante, Almeria, Ancona, Arrecife, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Bergamo, Bergerac, Berlin, Biarritz-bayonne, Billund, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Bremen, Brindisi, Brive, Brno, Bucharest, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Carcassonne, Chania, Comiso, Connaught, Cork, Dinard, Dortmund, Dublin, Eindhoven, Faro, Fes, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Genoa, Gerona, Gothenborg … +84 more
- easyJet U2 (A319, A320) · 23 routes: Amsterdam, Aviles, Belfast, Bilbao, Bodrum, Cagliari, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ibiza, Ljubljana, Lyon, Malaga, Marrakech, Munich, Naples, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Sharm El Sheikh, Sofia
- Transavia France TO (737-800) · 13 routes: Arrecife, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kos, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Rhodos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Germanwings 4U (A319) · 3 routes: Cologne, Hannover, Stuttgart
- Thomsonfly BY (737-800) · 3 routes: Arrecife, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife
- Aurigny Air Services GR (ATR 72) · 2 routes: Guernsey, Jersey
- Pegasus Airlines PC (737-800) · 2 routes: Istanbul, Izmir
- Air Berlin AB (Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Duesseldorf
- Air Moldova 9U (A320, Embraer 190) · 1 route: Chisinau
- Flybe BE (D38) · 1 route: Dundee
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 8 airlines, 85 direct destinations
- easyJet U2 (A319, A320) · 34 routes: Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Bordeaux, Budapest, Catania, Dortmund, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Heraklion, Ibiza, Inverness, Keflavik, Kerkyra/corfu, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Milano, Montpellier, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Sharm El Sheikh, Tel-aviv, Venice, Zurich
- Wizz Air W6 (A320) · 24 routes: Belgrade, Bourgas, Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-napoca, Craiova, Debrecen, Gdansk, Katowice, Kiev, Kosice, Ljubljana, Lublin, Poznan, Prague, Riga, Skopje, Sofia, Timisoara, Tirgu Mures, Varna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Wroclaw
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 18 routes: Alghero, Arrecife, Beziers, Bratislava, Connaught, Dublin, Fuerteventura, Gerona, Gran Canaria, Kaunas, Kerry, Malta, Marrakech, Murcia, Nimes, Reus, Rzeszow, Tenerife
- Monarch Airlines ZB (A320, A321) · 15 routes: Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Bodrum, Dalaman, Faro, Gibraltar, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Rome, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Transavia France TO (737-800, 75W) · 14 routes: Antalya, Arrecife, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Larnaca, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Atlasjet KK (A320) · 1 route: Istanbul
- El Al Israel Airlines LY (737-800) · 1 route: Tel-aviv
- Tarom RO (737-300) · 1 route: Iasi
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Where things are
Photographs
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When to go
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Benington Airfield; 9 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below.
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Stevenage, UK. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
Coaches & shuttles
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.