Amenities
Cranfield has three 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 a university, two schools, two parks and a multi-use games area.
The village Post Office is now contained within the Co-op store; previously it was on separate premises near the centre of the village. 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 including a Post Office and bookshop.
Cranfield has a local newspaper called the Cranfield Express.
There is a community web site Cranfieldwebsite.info giving village information, local business, forum etc.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul has records going back at least to 1600, and is notable for its newly restored bells.
From 1992-2005 the village had its own amateur dramatics society, the 'Cranfield Players' with many village members.
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