Arkesden is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

The Wicken Water stream flows through the village.

Arkesden is referred to as "Archesdana" in the Doomsday book of 1086, located in the ancient hundred of Uttlesford.

[1] The 13th-century parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, heavily restored in 1855.

The musician Steve Marriott, of rock band Small Faces, died in a fire at his home at Arkesden in 1991.