Chapeltown is an inner-city suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and is the centre of the city's British Afro-Caribbean community. Every August bank holiday weekend the area hosts the Chapeltown Carnival, second only in size to London's Notting Hill Carnival. Chapeltown has suffered considerable social problems, including a rise in gun crime in recent years. In July 1981 it was one of the areas of English cities home to the widespread race riots of that year, and there has been further sporadic social unrest since. Leeds Coat Of Arms Map sources for Leeds at grid reference SE297338 Leeds is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, in the north of England. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The British Afro-Caribbean community is generally regarded as the most integrated non-white ethnic grouping of the United Kingdom. ... The Leeds West Indian Carnival, also called the Chapeltown Carnival, is the longest running West Indian carnival in Europe. ... Carnival dancers on Ladbroke Grove. ... A race riot is any riot which occurs due to animosity or tensions between or among members of different races. ...
Chapeltown is an inner-city suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and is the centre of the city's British Afro-Caribbean community.
Chapeltown has suffered considerable social problems, including a rise in gun crime in recent years.
In July 1981 it was one of the areas of English cities home to the widespread race riots of that year, and there has been further sporadic social unrest since.