Cranfield is situated about 50 miles north of London, between junctions 13 and 14 and to the east of the M1 motorway, in the County of Bedfordshire. Bedford is 9 miles to the east of Cranfield and Milton Keynes is 6 miles to the west. The north of the village joins on to Cranfield University and Airfield and the other three sides are surrounded by farmland with good countryside views as the village is built on a hill. [Taken from http://www.cranfieldexpress.co.uk/about.htm]