Cantley is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.

[3] This is suffixed either to Canta-, an unrecorded but plausible Old English hypocorism,[3] or the Brittonic cant meaning "a circumference, a boundary" and "a division, share of land" (Welsh cant).

By the late 15th century the name of Cantley had been established and remained,[4] while the residents of the estate were the Smith family.

There are two main sets of shops - Everingham Road has a local convenience store, post office, bakers, grocers, butchers, hairdressers, DIY, and the popular "Fish Dish" fish & chip shop.

St Wilfrid's shops are near the local health centre and have several convenience stores, off licences, hairdresser's and a Chinese takeaway.

Examples are streets named after trees e.g. Lilac Grove, Pine Road, Willow Avenue.