diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_test.cc
index dcfe1c76c301..f4c657b91c4b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/array/array_test.cc
@@ -1137,7 +1137,39 @@ TEST_F(TestArray, TestBinaryViewAppendArraySlice) {
 
   AssertArraysEqual(*src, *dst);
 }
-
+TEST_F(TestArray, GetSpanRespectsOffset) {
+  auto data_buffer = Buffer::FromString("123456789abcdef0");
+  auto data = ArrayData::Make(uint8(), 3, {nullptr, data_buffer}, 0, 1);
+  auto span = data->GetSpan<uint8_t>(1, 3);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(span.size(), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(span[0], '2');
+  EXPECT_EQ(span[1], '3');
+  EXPECT_EQ(span[2], '4');
+}
+TEST_F(TestArray, GetMutableSpanRespectsOffset) {
+  const int64_t nbytes = 16;
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto uniq_buffer, AllocateResizableBuffer(nbytes, pool_));
+  memset(uniq_buffer->mutable_data(), '0', nbytes);
+  std::shared_ptr<Buffer> buffer(std::move(uniq_buffer));
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Buffer>> buffers = {nullptr, buffer};
+  auto data = ArrayData::Make(uint8(), 3, buffers, 0, 1);
+  auto span = data->template GetMutableSpan<uint8_t>(1, 3);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(span.size(), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(span[0], '0');
+  EXPECT_EQ(span[1], '0');
+  EXPECT_EQ(span[2], '0');
+
+  span[0] = 'X';
+  span[1] = 'Y';
+  span[2] = 'Z';
+
+  auto raw = buffer->mutable_data();
+  EXPECT_EQ(raw[1], 'X');
+  EXPECT_EQ(raw[2], 'Y');
+  EXPECT_EQ(raw[3], 'Z');
+}
 TEST_F(TestArray, ValidateBuffersPrimitive) {
   auto empty_buffer = std::make_shared<Buffer>("");
   auto null_buffer = Buffer::FromString("\xff");
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/array/data.h b/cpp/src/arrow/array/data.h
index 92308e8a010f..b10a94fc869c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/array/data.h
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/array/data.h
@@ -256,6 +256,37 @@ struct ARROW_EXPORT ArrayData {
       return NULLPTR;
     }
   }
+  /// \brief Access a buffer's data as a span
+  ///
+  /// \param i The buffer index
+  /// \param length The required length (in number of typed values) of the requested span
+  /// \pre i > 0
+  /// \pre length <= the length of the buffer (in number of values) that's expected for
+  /// this array type
+  /// \return A span<const T> of the requested length
+  template <typename T>
+  std::span<const T> GetSpan(int i, int64_t length) const {
+    const int64_t buffer_length = buffers[i]->size() / static_cast<int64_t>(sizeof(T));
+    assert(i > 0 && length + offset <= buffer_length);
+    ARROW_UNUSED(buffer_length);
+    return std::span<const T>(buffers[i]->data_as<T>() + this->offset, length);
+  }
+
+  /// \brief Access a buffer's data as a span
+  ///
+  /// \param i The buffer index
+  /// \param length The required length (in number of typed values) of the requested span
+  /// \pre i > 0
+  /// \pre length <= the length of the buffer (in number of values) that's expected for
+  /// this array type
+  /// \return A span<T> of the requested length
+  template <typename T>
+  std::span<T> GetMutableSpan(int i, int64_t length) {
+    const int64_t buffer_length = buffers[i]->size() / static_cast<int64_t>(sizeof(T));
+    assert(i > 0 && length + offset <= buffer_length);
+    ARROW_UNUSED(buffer_length);
+    return std::span<T>(buffers[i]->mutable_data_as<T>() + this->offset, length);
+  }
 
   /// \brief Access a buffer's data as a typed C pointer
   ///