Arlesey

Arlesey is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is near the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arlesey railway station and Henlow.

Arlesey railway station

Railway station

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Arlesey railway station serves the town of Arlesey in Bedfordshire, England. It is 37 miles 3 chains from London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.

Henlow

Aerodrome

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Royal Air Force Henlow or more simply RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. It houses the RAF Centre of Aerospace Medicine and the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, and was home to the Signals Museum, which closed in June 2024.

Church of St Peter, Arlesey

Church

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Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 31 October 1966.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Letchworth Garden City and Shefford.

Letchworth Garden City

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Letchworth Garden City is a town of 34,000 people in Hertfordshire. Letchworth was the first city built under the "Garden City" plan to combine the best elements of city and country living.

Shefford

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Shefford is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2021 census it had a population of 7,311. It lies 10 miles south-east of Bedford.