Milton Ernest is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about 5 miles north of Bedford itself. It had a population of 754 in 2001. This had risen to 761 according to the 2011 census. The village is situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse, and is the site of Milton Ernest Hall, which was used as the United States Eighth Air Force's support command headquarters in the Second World War. The village is named in the Domesday Book in the hundred of Stodden.