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Arlesey is an industrial town in the district of Mid Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire. It is located about four miles north of Hitchin and four miles south of Biggleswade. The population is around 5000 and the village is about three miles long.

The Domesday book mentions Arlesey as a market town. It was a Royal Manor (Manor of Arleseybury).

St Peters Church, situated at Church End of the town was built over 900 years ago by the monks of Waltham Abbey.

Major employers in Arlesey used to be the Fairfield Hospital (now re-developed as housing) and the former brickworks (producers of the Arlesey Whites bricks seen in many local buildings). Some of the clay pits use by the brickworks are now lakes including the Blue Lagoon. This hosts fishing and sailing clubs and is a popular summer swimming location, but has become a political issue in the town following several drownings.

Arlesey railway station provides direct train services to London and Peterborough.

Arlesey Town F.C. Football Club play in the Southern League.

The Arlesey Bomb fishing weight was developed in the town.

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