Chapel Allerton is an inner suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city centre.

It sits within the Chapel Allerton ward of Leeds City Council and had a population of 18,206 and 23,536 at the 2001 and 2011 census respectively.

[5] The name Chapel Allerton is first attested in the Domesday Book simply as Alreton and similarly spelled variants.

This building was demolished in the eighteenth century; the site remains between Harrogate Road and Church Lane.

[5][9] Ralph Thoresby, writing in 1715, records Chapel-Town as a common name for the township of Chapel Allerton, describing it as "well situated in pure Air, upon a pleasant Ascent, which affords a Prospect of the Country ten or twelve miles".

The open space to its east and north of Potter-Newton was "a delicate Green commonly call'd Chapel-Town Moor".

[10] Before the Norman Conquest (1066–1072) it was a township covering about five square miles, including what are now known as Alwoodley, Meanwood, Buslingthorpe, Scott Hall, Gledhow, Carr Manor, Moortown and Moor Allerton.

This area was substantially destroyed by William the Conqueror in what was known as the Harrying of the North, leaving only the remnants of a village with a church around the present-day centre.

[11][12]William awarded the area to the Lacy family, who later sold it to Simon de Alreton, who bestowed most of it to Kirkstall Abbey in 1152.

With the dissolution of the monasteries (1536–1541) Kirkstall Abbey and its estates were taken over by the crown, and Queen Elizabeth I sold the Lordship of Chapel Allerton to Thomas Killingbeck.

[12] By the end of the 17th century, it had become a resort or second home for wealthy people from Leeds[4] and in 1767 was described as the Montpellier of Yorkshire by one visitor.

[16] In 1900 it was still a village, isolated from Leeds and neighbouring Meanwood and Moortown by fields, which were gradually filled in with housing and new roads in the 20th century.

To the south and west of this is an area of grand detached houses with large gardens dating from the 18th and early 19th century.

[4] The advent of the electric tram in 1901 made the area more accessible and further housing began to fill in empty spaces[5] though this was of varied types.

[5] After the Second World War further building and rebuilding continued, mostly unremarkable, though with a few examples of good modern design.

Opened in 1934 and lasting only until 1967 when it operated as a bingo hall until the later part of the 1990, the cinema stood on Montreal Avenue.

[21] Gledhow Mount Mansion is situated at the top of Roxholme Grove and is a Grade II Listed early 19th Century country house, with well preserved interior.

[12] On Wood Lane are Gothic style villas in sandstone dating from the second half of the 19th century for the middle classes.

The main corner doorway is flanked by Tuscan columns supporting a segmental pedimented hood containing a cartouche, and above this is a moulded and painted coat of arms of Leeds.

[12] The interior features tiled walls with 'LPL' on them, a mosaic floor in the entrance hall, stained glass in doors and ionic columns.

[31] The area has an established local centre, which is situated around the junction of Stainbeck Lane and Harrogate Road.

As of late 2021, this is being significantly improved by closing the Northern half of the Stainbeck Lane and Harrogate Road junction to create a public plaza.

[34] The Chapel Allerton Arts Festival is held the week following August Bank Holiday each year, with performances on a stage in Regent Street.

First Leeds provide the main bus service in Chapel Allerton, with the numbers 2, 3 and 3A running a service to and from the Leeds city centre every 10 minutes or better, and also providing links with: Roundhay, Gledhow, Moortown, Chapeltown, Hunslet, Beeston, Middleton and the White Rose Centre.

Other routes in the area include the 91 to Harehills and Halton Moor in one direction, and Headingley, Kirkstall, Bramley and Pudsey in the other.

The nearest railway station to Chapel Allerton is Headingley, from where services run to Leeds, Burley, Horsforth, Starbeck, Knaresborough, and York.