The civil parish also includes the villages of Fingest and Frieth, and the hamlets of Colstrope, Mill End, Parmoor, Pheasant's Hill and Skirmett.

The brick and flint cottages in the centre of the village conform to a similar design and have dormer windows topped with red tiles.

Saint Mary the Virgin's church dates from the 14th century and includes a conspicuous memorial to Cope D'Oyley (who died in 1633) and his family.

The Elizabethan manor house opposite the church, formerly the home of Maria Carmela Viscountess Hambleden,[5] was built in 1603 of flint and brick for Emanuel, 11th Baron Scrope, who became Earl of Sunderland.

The Manor House, Hambleden is also the former home of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan who led the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.

Another notable (Listed Grade II*) building is Kenricks which overlooks the cricket ground and was the previous manor house and the home of Philadelphia Scrope, a cousin and Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I.

A contested theory was put forward by Jill Eyers from Chiltern Archaeology in 2010 that a military brothel might have formed part of the Yewden villa site, after archaeologists discovered skeletal remains of what appeared to be 97 newborn babies.

[8][9][10] In 2012, an alternate theory for the presence of the infant skeletons was put forward; as the skeletons showed signs of cut marks carried out using a non-serrated blade, features consistent of embryotomy procedures used to remove deceased fetuses in breech position, it was argued that the remains may indicate that obstetric surgeries were carried out at Yewden.

Musician Jon Lord, of Deep Purple, lived at Yewden Lodge in Hambleden and is buried in Saint Mary's churchyard.

Phil Vickery, London Wasps player and England 2003 World Cup Winner, lived in Hambleden[12] Mill End is the southern small hamlet in the civil parish on the main A4155 road between Henley-on-Thames and Marlow, by the River Thames.

This part of the Thames is characterised by willow trees and a large biodiversity of wildlife including mute swans, great crested grebes, ducks, grey herons, common terns and kingfishers.

In Ridge Wood atop the hill opposite the village is a large avenue of giant sequoia and tall pine trees.

[18] In 2017, Hambleden was the location for the fictional village of Bramford in the fourth episode of series 4 of the ITV detective drama Endeavour.