It lies 3.5 miles (5.5 km) southwest of Bordon, its nearest town.

The nearest railway station is 2.7 miles (4.4 km) southeast of the village, at Liss.

[1] To the west the land rises steeply in a scarp formation known as the East Hampshire Hangars.

Empshott is listed in the 1086 Domesday survey as being held by Geoffrey the Marshal, having been granted the land from pre-conquest landowners Bondi the Constable and Saxi of Clatford after 1066.

[4] The village is home to the Holy Rood church which dates to the 13th century.