Rownhams is a village in the civil parish of Nursling and Rownhams, in the Test Valley district, in Hampshire, England, situated just outside the boundaries of the City of Southampton, to the north-west.

Rownhams house, a Georgian mansion, is now a business park and wedding venue,[1] The parish church is St John the Evangelist.

[2] There is a community centre, a primary school,[3] two pre-schools and a hairdressing salon.

[4] Many of the activities and facilities are shared between Rownhams and Nursling, e.g. Ladies' night, two Brownie packs, a full set of groups of Scouts,[5] a friendship club for "senior residents", Retired Men's Fellowship and a toddler group.

Also a badminton club, an amateur astronomers' group, who use an observatory at Toothill,[6] a writers' group, "Coffee Break" - a drop in for anybody home alone, a carer or being cared for in the community, and a dance school.