ledston lies to the east of the a656 road, and there was a railway station named after the village on the castleford to garforth line, though this station was actually adjacent to allerton bywater colliery. the village also had a colliery named after it, ledston luck, which was connected to the railway via an aerial ropeway up to micklefield. the colliery, like the railway station, was some distance away from the village from which it took its name, being actually only east of kippax. ledston luck colliery closed in 1986 and the site is now a local nature reserve.