Rowlands Castle is a town and civil parish in the East Hampshire area of Hampshire, England. It is 2.9 miles (4.7 kilometres) north of Havant, on the Hampshire/West Sussex boundary. The focal point of the village is the village green which is shaped rather like a lung. Surrounded by roadways it has to do with 250 lawns (230 m) long and also about 40 yards (37 m) wide at its eastern end while tapering to nearly a factor at the western end near the train arc. The town takes its name from a motte-and-bailey castle, the remains of which are situated to the south of Redhill Road and also west of the train line, east of the present centre of the village. It is largely a quiet property village, with four clubs and also a few tiny shops, including a hardware shop and a neighborhood convenience store, and a population of 2,770.