Bawtry is a market town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It lies 8 miles south-east of Doncaster, 10 miles west of Gainsborough and 8 miles north-west of Retford, on the border with Nottinghamshire and close to Lincolnshire. The town was historically divided between the West Riding of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Its population of 3,204 in the 2001 UK census increased to 3,573 in 2011, and was put at 3,519 in 2019.