Ledston
Ledston is a village in the Leeds metropolitan borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is 3 miles north of Castleford and 10 miles east of Leeds. The parish had a population of 400 in 2001, which decreased slightly to 394 at the 2011 Census.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kippax Library and Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve.
Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England, noted for its avian biodiversity. The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the United Kingdom.
Wheldon Road
Stadium
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a Challenge Cup match in 1935.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleford and Garforth.
Castleford
Town
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. Castleford is situated 2½ miles south of Ledston.
Garforth
Town
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garforth is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, Yorkshire. It sits in the Garforth and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency. Garforth is situated 3 miles northwest of Ledston.
Kippax
Town
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kippax is a town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the east of the city, near to Garforth and Great Preston.
Ledston
- Type: Locality
- Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7584° or 53° 45′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.34° or 1° 20′ 24″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C5WQM55+9XGeoNames ID
7290957
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