Edenthorpe lies to the East of Doncaster and is bi-sected by the A18. The A630 passes the south of the village from junction 4 of the M18 and meets the A18 to the west of the village at a roundabout. The population is 4,748. There is the Kirk Sandall railway station less than a mile away on the Sheffield to Hull Line.

The parish church is the Church of the Good Shepherd, part of a group based in Kirk Sandall which adjoins the village to the north. Village pubs are the Eden Arms on Eden Field Road, the Holly Bush on Church Baulk, and the Ridgewood on Thorne Road (A18). The Edenthorpe Canon Popham C of E and the Edenthorpe Hall primary schools as well as the Hungerhill School, are located just off the A18.