Yaxley is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England.

The village is located near the Hampton township, and is approximately three miles northeast of junction 16 of the A1(M) at Norman Cross.

Yaxley was listed as Lacheslei in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Norman Cross in Huntingdonshire.

[4] Norman Cross Prison, the earliest known prisoner-of-war camp, was constructed between Yaxley and the villages of Folksworth and Stilton from 1796-97[5] for the purpose of holding captured troops during the French Revolutionary Wars.

A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields.

Prior to this, Yaxley was located within the hundred of Norman Cross within Huntingdonshire from as early as the 10th century.

For Yaxley the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge.

Denmark's Speedway World Cup winning captain Niels Kristian Iversen is the village's most famous sporting resident.

The Yaxley to Farcet cycleway was replaced after two men were hit by a vehicle and killed on the route.