Rowlands Castle is a town and civil church in the East Hampshire area of Hampshire, England. It is 2.9 miles (4.7 kilometres) north of Havant, on the Hampshire/West Sussex border. The focal point of the town is the village green which is shaped rather like a lung. Surrounded by roads it has to do with 250 yards (230 m) long and also around 40 yards (37 m) wide at its eastern end while tapering to practically a point at the western end near the train arch. The town takes its name from a motte-and-bailey castle, the remains of which are located to the south of Redhill Road and also west of the railway line, east of the present centre of the village. It is largely a peaceful residential town, with 4 pubs and also a couple of little stores, including an equipment store as well as a local corner store, and also a population of 2,770.