Embley, Hampshire

{{Short description|Village in Hampshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Embley

|coordinates = {{coord|50.988814|-1.545203|display=inline,title}}

| population =

|civil_parish = Wellow, Hampshire

|shire_district= Test Valley

|shire_county= Hampshire

|region= South East England

|constituency_westminster= Romsey and Southampton North

|post_town= ROMSEY

|postcode_district = SO51

|postcode_area= SO

|dial_code= 01962

|os_grid_reference= SU3201721144

}}

Embley is a small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England in the United Kingdom. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (4.8 km) east from the village. It is in the civil parish of Wellow.

A famous 19th century resident was Florence Nightingale, who for much of her childhood was raised in the parish at her family's home Embley Park.Though as a child she also often lived at the family's second home at Lea Hurst

{{cite book

|editor = Florence Nightingale and Lynn McDonald

|title=Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War

|chapter = An introduction to Vol 14

|year= 2010

|isbn=978-0889204690

|publisher= Wilfrid Laurier University Press

}}