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Where is Ledston?

Ledston is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles north of the town of Castleford, eight miles north-east of the major city of Wakefield, and 163 miles north of London. Ledston lies roughly one mile south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Ledston falls within the metropolitan district council of Leeds. It is in the WF10 postcode district.

Ledston on a map

Map showing extent of Ledston as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Ledston
Map showing location of Ledston within the UK
Location of Ledston within the UK

Which county is Ledston in?

Ledston is in the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Ledston in West Yorkshire?

Ledston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of West Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Ledston within West Yorkshire
Location of Ledston within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Ledston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Ledston is WF10 2AB.

Where is Ledston in WF10?

Ledston is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the WF10 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WF10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Ledston within WF10
Location of Ledston within WF10

What is the latitude and longitude of Ledston?

The centre of Ledston is located at position 53.75342° latitude and -1.34339° longitude.

Latitude53.75342°
Longitude-1.34339°

What is the easting and northing of Ledston?

The centre of Ledston is located at the grid reference easting 443393 and northing 428762 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting443393
Northing428762

What are the nearest towns to Ledston?

Position of Ledston relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Ledston to the centre of the town.

north
2m
Ledston is 2 miles north of Castleford
south-east
3m
Ledston is 3 miles south-east of Garforth
north
4m
Ledston is 4 miles north of Pontefract
north-east
5m
Ledston is 5 miles north-east of Normanton
north-west
5m
Ledston is 5 miles north-west of Knottingley
east
5m
Ledston is 5 miles east of Rothwell
north
5m
Ledston is 5 miles north of Featherstone
south
10m
Ledston is 10 miles south of Tadcaster
north
10m
Ledston is 10 miles north of Hemsworth
east
11m
Ledston is 11 miles east of Morley

What are the nearest cities to Ledston?

Position of Ledston relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Ledston to the centre of the city.

north-east
8m
Ledston is 8 miles north-east of Wakefield
east
9m
Ledston is 9 miles east of Leeds
east
17m
Ledston is 17 miles east of Bradford
south-west
18m
Ledston is 18 miles south-west of York
north-west
18m
Ledston is 18 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
26m
Ledston is 26 miles north of Sheffield
south
27m
Ledston is 27 miles south of Ripon
west
41m
Ledston is 41 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-east
42m
Ledston is 42 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
43m
Ledston is 43 miles north-east of Salford