Stansted Mountfitchet is an English town and civil parish in Uttlesford area, Essex, near the Hertfordshire boundary, 35 miles (56 kilometres) north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533, enhancing to 6,011 at the 2011 census. The village is offered by Stansted Mountfitchet railway station. Stansted Mountfitchet is positioned in north west Essex near the Hertfordshire boundary as well as 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Bishop's Stortford. Stansted Airport is 2 miles (3 kilometres) from the town. The town has three primary schools (Bentfield Primary School, St Mary's (C of E) Primary School and also Magna Carta Primary Academy), as well as one senior high school which was relabelled the Forest Hall School in September, 2013.