Cambridge arrivals from that direction route DVR DET ABBOT1E. While it's increasingly common to be routed east and then north of the Stansted CTR/CTA, I've never had a situation where I was forced out of controlled airspace before that.
In terms of VFR charts, I tend to carry them because it offers the option of flying VFR below the IFR MEAs when the usual IFR levels are either bumpy or icy. That said, I've rarely exercised that option.