Chapel Allerton: what to know before moving day
The old village core is around Town Street and Well Lane, which hold eight listed buildings. South and west of it are large detached houses with big gardens from the 18th and early 19th centuries, built of sandstone from the old quarries on Stainbeck Lane. On Wood Lane are Gothic sandstone villas, Methley Place has late Victorian artisan terraces, and the Hawthorns are early 1900s terraces in a manorial style.
After 1890 came brick terraces and back-to-backs, better built than most workers' housing in Leeds. Between King George Avenue and Montreal Avenue the gaps were filled between 1920 and 1939 with bungalows and stucco-fronted houses, and Riviera Gardens has white rendered Modernist homes. With house types that varied, tell us which kind you have and whether the stairs turn.
Stainbeck Corner is the easiest meeting point. The 1904 building there was a police station, fire station and library; the library is still open. Down Harrogate Road towards Leeds, Chapel Allerton Primary School still carries its 'Leeds Board School 1878' sign.
How the van gets to Chapel Allerton
Harrogate Road was the main road from Leeds to Harrogate until Scott Hall Road, the A61, was built, and it still runs through the middle of Chapel Allerton. Scott Hall Road forms the western edge, Potternewton Lane the southern one and Gledhow Valley Road the north-east. From Bradford the van comes round the Leeds Outer Ring Road (A6120) to Moortown, then south on Harrogate Road. Stainbeck Corner comes out at roughly 25 to 40 minutes from Bradford, as an estimate.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 25 to 40 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Chapel Allerton
Each service below links to its Leeds page, which covers how the job works in and around Leeds.
Chapel Allerton: questions before you book
How did Chapeltown get its name?
Chapeltown began as a short form of Chapel Allerton, but today they are different places. Chapel Allerton is the old village round Stainbeck Corner; Chapeltown is further south, along Chapeltown Road. Both are in the Chapel Allerton ward.
Is parking easy near Stainbeck Corner?
We cannot promise a space on Harrogate Road or Town Street. Tell us where visitors usually stop near your door, and whether there is a back lane or drive we can use instead.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS7 3PS is in Chapel Allerton ward, Leeds, unparished area
- Chapel Allerton (Wikipedia): inner suburb 2 miles from the centre; bounded by Potternewton Lane, Scott Hall Road and Gledhow Valley Road; Harrogate Road was the Leeds to Harrogate road before the A61 Scott Hall Road; Stainbeck Corner at Stainbeck Lane, Harrogate Road and Town Street; conservation area; Town Street and Well Lane with 8 listed buildings; Stainbeck Lane quarries; Wood Lane villas, Methley Place, the Hawthorns; post-1890 terraces and back-to-backs; King George Avenue to Montreal Avenue 1920-39; Riviera Gardens; 1904 police station, fire station and library; Leeds Board School 1878 on Harrogate Road; Chapeltown as a reduced form of the name
- Leeds Outer Ring Road (Wikipedia): A6120 across the north of Leeds
- Moortown, Leeds (Wikipedia): Harrogate Road meets the ring road at Moortown; Chapel Allerton to the south
- OpenStreetMap data (Nominatim reverse lookups around the point): Harrogate Road, Stainbeck Road, Wood Lane, Wensley Drive, Wensley Road, Carrholm Crescent, Hawthorn Mount