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Embleton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland. Besides the village of Embleton itself, the civil parish includes the settlement of Christon Bank, situated about a mile to the west.
Embleton village has a main street with one shop. There is a small green with the village pump on it, out of use now but at one time the source of the water supply. The village is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Embleton Bay. The sandy beach is backed by dunes where a variety of flowers bloom: bluebells, cowslips, burnet roses and bloody cranesbill, amongst others. Also near the beach is Embleton's 18-hole Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course which opened in 1900 and was updated in 1922.
Christon Bank lies on the East Coast Main Line railway, and until 1965 was the site of a station.
Beyond the bounds of the parish, Dunstanburgh Castle stands at the southern end of Embleton Bay. Close by, to the south, is the fishing village of Craster.
Close by the church is Embleton Tower, a pele tower which was the vicarage until 1974.
The Creighton Memorial Hall is said to be the largest village hall in the county and is named after Mandell Creighton, who was vicar 187-1884 and later became Bishop of London.
One road is named after the Embleton-born W. T. Stead, a journalist and social campaigner who died in the sinking of the Titanic.
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