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> Cranfield is a village in north-west Bedfordshire , England , between Bedford and Milton Keynes . It has a population of around 6,000, and is within the district of Mid Bedfordshire . AMENITIES Cranfield has three (formerly four) public houses, a football club, hairdressers, several take-away restaurants, two small supermarkets and three car dealers. There is also a surgery and dentists practice along with a pharmacy. Cranfield has two schools, two parks and a multi-use games area ('MUGA'). The village Post Office is now contained within the Co-Op store, previously it was on separate premises. Cranfield has one of only a small number of Morgan dealerships, in addition to a Ford dealer and independent used car dealer. There are further facilities at the university campus, although the Waterstones branch (formerly Cranfield University Bookshop) has now closed. AIRPORT See Also: Cranfield Airport Cranfield's airfield was originally an RAF training base, and was used after the war by the College of Aeronautics. Today the main user is the Cabair School of Flying. The future of the airfield is uncertain - one runway was closed to allow the construction of the Nissan building and technology park, and there are controversial plans to build further housing on airfield land. Kennett Aviation, who previously operated a range of vintage aircraft from Cranfield, were forced to move to North Weald due to these plans. However, Cranfield is still home to one of the few remaining serviceable English Electric/BAC Lightning jet fighters. UNIVERSITY See Also: Cranfield University Cranfield University , the nearest conventional University to Milton Keynes , is situated adjacent to the village. TECHNOLOGY PARK The Cranfield Technology Park is situated to the west of the University at the entrance to the campus. It is been developed on a phased basis by Cranfield University and its development partner. The park's objective is to encourage knowledge-based companies to locate their activities on the park and to encourage the growth of such companies. A major extension to the technology park was started in January 2007 using land on Cranfield Airport. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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