About Us
Rowlands Castle Heritage Centre (Charity number 1174495) operating under the name
Rowlands Castle History and Heritage.
Our Mission Statement
Our Mission Statement is to ‘Protect and Record the Past and Present, for the Benefit of Future Generations’. We believe this means looking after and cherishing artefacts and archives from the past, while noting and measuring aspects of today, so that we may be more aware of the continual changes going on around us. In 2016, the chance to purchase Peter Goss’s model railway depicting the village in 1944, led to the establishment of a registered charity, the Rowlands Castle Heritage Centre (Charity number 1174495) with the objective to “establish and maintain a museum in Rowlands Castle in order to advance the education of the public in the history and heritage of the village, its former inhabitants and the surrounding area.” Our search for museum premises continues, and we aim to display the model railway as often as possible at local events, whilst simultaneously developing the website as an online museum.
Our Aims
- To provide a source of historical information on the village, providing a resource for residents of the village and those from further afield.
- To provide integration with the wider local history network, including the local archives services.
- To provide a focal point within the village for local history research, including the recording of oral history.
Management Committee 2025-26
- Alan Eyers – Chair
- Prue Amner – Secretary
- Lorraine Moriarty – Treasurer
- Caroline Bird – Committee Member, Website Editor
- Brian Tomkinson – Committee Member, Talks
- Prue Amner or Brian Tomkinson – Membership Enquiries
- Gordon Charlesworth – Committee Member, Model railway co-ordinator
- Rebecca Jessup – Committee member
- Mark Jessup – Committee member
- Alex Wright – Committee member
RCHC AGM Reports and Minutes |
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| Minutes of AGM November 2025 | RCHC Business Plan 2025 |
| Minutes of previous AGMs | |
