Edlington is a small town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the west of the town centre and made up of the older village and the later estate often called Old Edlington and New Edlington. The area sits amid pockets of green space and former estate parkland, with local woods and playing fields that give it a semi-rural feel despite being close to larger urban centres.
Historically the community was shaped by coal mining and the colliery era, and the post‑industrial decades have seen economic change, regeneration projects and a strong local identity built around community centres, amateur sport and surviving historic features. Visitors and residents will notice a mix of miner’s terraces, later council and private housing, and reminders of the town’s place in the South Yorkshire coalfield.