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Stansted Airport

London Stansted Airport
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About Stansted Airport

Stansted Airport is an international airport serving the south-east of England. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, in the district of Uttlesford, Essex; it lies 31 miles north-east of Central London.

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When Stansted Airport was being planned, locals campaigning to maintain the area's natural beauty often met in a village called Ugly.

from 586: No Such Thing As A Levis Jury, 2025-06-05 at 00:47:31 ยท read transcript

Other times Stansted Airport came up

  1. I think it was Ribbentrop who kept on trying to get Hitler to invade England because he thought it was so beautiful, loved Cornwall. Yeah, probably loved ugly. There was a big argument about Stansted Airport when it came in. We had two airports in London, we had Gatwick and Heathrow, and they thought we're definitely going to have to build a third one. had Gatwick and Heathrow and they thought we're definitely going to have to build a third one.

    586: No Such Thing As A Levis Jury, 2025-06-05 ยท listen

  2. I know they do, but there's not a single one. This was told to a reporter called Laura Fiddler who was down there trying to find out all the most interesting things about Ugly. Laura Fiddler's misunderstood the jokes on her. It's five kilometres north of Stansted Airport. Stansted is named after a town called Stansted Mount Fitchett, which is just outside where the airport is. It's not inconceivable they could have called it ugly airport.

    586: No Such Thing As A Levis Jury, 2025-06-05 ยท listen

  3. I, no, I bet there's not a single. This was told to a reporter called Laura Fiddler who was down there trying to find out all the most interesting things about ugly. Laura Fiddler has misunderstood the jokes on her. It's five kilometres north of Stansted Airport. Stanssted is named after a town called Stansted Mount Fitchit, which is just outside where the airport is. It's not inconceivable they could have called it ugly airport.

    No Such Thing As A Levis Jury, 2025-06-05 ยท listen

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