[Bon mots]

How about the Stansted Express?
That's what I was considering...
Stansted Express

Or else I would just take a cab, but I think it would cost about £80 or so.

[jimtorr]

The Stansted Express sounds like the way to go. I don't think it existed when I was over there, in 1992. Stansted had only recently opened then, and they were still building the infrastructure.

I always drove into London from the Cambridge area, which is North up the M11 a bit from Stansted.

Once you get into London it isn't that hard to get around, if you don't mind using the Underground. I'd get a good A-Z map of the city and another of the Underground system.

Of course, if you have the funds for a cab, that's a whole different story. The drivers are required by law to know where everything is, and are tested annually.

Are you going on business, a pleasure trip, or both? I was in England on business, but long enough to play tourist quite a bit.