Editing Cranfield (section)

==Amenities==
Cranfield has two public houses, a football club, coffee shop, dog grooming salon, hairdressers, barbers, several take-away restaurants, two small supermarkets and two car dealerships. There is also a surgery and dentist's practice along with a pharmacy. Cranfield has a university, three schools, three parks and a multi-use games area.

The village [[Post Office]] is now contained within [[The Co-operative Group]] store; previously it was on separate premises near the centre of the village. Cranfield has one of only a small number of [[Morgan Motor Company|Morgan]] dealerships, in addition to a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] dealer. There are further facilities at the university campus including a Post Office and bookshop.

The local newspaper is the ''Cranfield Express''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}} There is a news hyperlocal website, [https://cranfieldandmarstonvale.co.uk Cranfield and Marston Vale Chronicle], giving village information, local and national news, etc.

[[Church of St Peter & St Paul, Cranfield|The Church of St Peter and St Paul]]<ref>{{Genuki|county=BDF|Cranfield}}</ref> has records going back at least to 1600 and is notable for its recently restored bells.

[[Cranfield Court]] belonged to the Harter family. The last house was built in 1862–4 in the French Gothic style,<ref name="Society1994">{{cite book|title=Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century: Parishes Harlington to Roxton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ugWAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Bedfordshire Historical Record|isbn=978-0-85155-056-5|page=221}}</ref><ref name="Page1912">{{cite book|last=Page|first=William|title=The Victoria History of the County of Bedford|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdxAAAAAYAAJ|year=1912|publisher=A. Constable|isbn=978-0-7129-0534-3|page=276}}</ref> but was later demolished.<ref name="Council1975">{{cite book|title=Bedfordshire Historic Buildings: The Heritage and Its Problems Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFpIAQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Bedfordshire County Council|page=18}}</ref>