Hardley is a suburb of the village of Holbury in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England.

The name Hardley means "hard clearing", presumably in relation to the soft marshlands which surround the area.

[3] After this it changed hands rapidly until finally conveyed to Richard Pittis, attorney of the King's Bench in 1628.

[3] A curious incident occurred in the 16th century when Thomas Tracie held the lease of Hardley Farm from William Buckett.

[3] Carried by force to an alehouse at Dibden, Tracie, who describes himself as "a poor plain simple creature," was compelled "to seal and deliver certain writings, but to what effect he himself knoweth not.