Cranfield is a village and civil parish in the west of Bedfordshire, England, situated between Bedford and Milton Keynes.

The hamlet of Bourne End is located just north of Cranfield, and is part of the civil parish.

Wharley End was a separate settlement, but now forms the northern part of Cranfield village, by the university.

Cranfield has two public houses, a football club, coffee shop, dog grooming salon, hairdressers, barbers, several take-away restaurants, one small supermarket and two car dealerships.

A major extension to the technology park was started in January 2007 using land on Cranfield Airport.

It was designed to encourage and support hi-tech and knowledge based pre-start and early start companies during the formative stages of their development.