Carlton is a village in the south of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (13 km) from Leeds city centre.

Carlton was previously part of Rothwell Urban District.

Due to Carlton's rhubarb growing and farming heritage, the area has seen a recent influx of Eastern European migrants, who make a living working on the numerous farms.

[1] As with the nearby example of West Carlton and East Carlton in Yeadon, the name comes from the Old Norse word karla (genitive plural of karl 'commoner, churl') and the Old English word tūn ('estate').

The Old Norse form karla may be based on an earlier Old English name *ceorla tūn, of the same meaning.