Arlesey is a community and also civil parish in Bedfordshire. It is near the boundary with Hertfordshire, concerning three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, 4 miles north of Hitchin and six miles southern of Biggleswade. Arlesey train station provides services to London, Stevenage as well as Peterborough. The Domesday Book states Arlesey. The population of Arlesey was 5,584 in 2,344 households in the 2011 census. In the census of 2011, 94.0% of people described themselves as white, 2.2% as having actually blended or several ethnic groups, 2.9% as being Eastern or British Eastern, and also less than 1.0% as having an additional ethnic background. In the same census, 55.8% explained themselves as Christian, 34.6% explained themselves as having no religious beliefs, 6.8% did not specify a faith, 1.2% described themselves as Sikh, as well as 1.7% explained themselves as having a various religious beliefs.