Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England.

The village is on a border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire (here formed by the River Aire).

Brotherton was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

It was linked to Ferrybridge, across the River Aire, by the grade I listed Ferry Bridge.

[3] Notable Brotherton residents include Ken Wharton (b 1950), a writer of Military History books, who lived in the village between 2005 and 2009.