Rowland's Funeral Service

294 reviews

A family-run Hampshire funeral home that has been supporting the Petersfield community with funeral care for generations.

Latest Verified Reviews

Denise Soutar 27th Nov 2022

Very helpful, funeral carried out as planned.  Nothing too much trouble from arranging vicar, orders of service and flowers.  Would definitely recommend

James Burstall 23rd Nov 2022

I cannot speak highly enough of Charlotte, Marsha and the rest of the team. Charlotte was our main contact and really looked after us, helping to resolve all sorts of issues that were well outside her role. Marsha then rearranged her life to accommodate our need for a Saturday funeral. The whole day went perfectly and this was mainly down to the amazing work that they did. Kind, compassionate and efficient - I would heartily recommend them.

Amanda Ward-Thomas 22nd Nov 2022

I would highly recommend Rowlands. They looked after all the arrangements for my fathers funeral. They were sympathetic, empathetic and totally in tune with with all our needs. A lovely local family business that I would have no problem over recommending.

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Funeral arrangements

  • Home visit
  • 24 hour telephone support
  • On-site parking
  • Chapel of rest
  • Hearse
  • Limousine
  • Horse-drawn hearse
  • Bespoke vehicle
  • Coffin
  • Personalised coffin
  • Casket
  • Headstone / Plaque
  • Urn
  • Memorial jewellery
  • Floral tributes
  • Charitable donations
  • Newspaper announcement
  • Online obituary
  • Memorial book
  • Order of service sheets
  • Music
  • Video tribute
  • Funeral webcasting
  • Catering
  • Dove release
  • Balloon release
  • Fireworks

Types of funeral

  • Traditional burial
  • Simple funeral
  • Traditional cremation
  • Green funeral
  • Direct cremation
  • Burial at sea
  • Non-religious funeral
  • Anglican funeral
  • Roman Catholic funeral
  • Muslim funeral
  • Jewish funeral
  • Sikh funeral
  • Hindu funeral
  • Buddhist funeral
  • Children’s funeral

Financial arrangements

  • Financial advice
  • Wills & probate
  • Pre-paid funeral plan

Additional services

  • Repatriation
  • Bereavement counselling
  • List of mourners

Location

St Peter's Road
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HX

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours
Call: 01730 779925

About Us

At Rowland’s Funeral Services, Marsha Vincent and her caring team are on call to help, when families need the support of a local funeral director.

The experienced funeral directors at this long-established Petersfield funeral home are here to make things as reassuring as possible for bereaved families at a very difficult time.

Providing comfortable facilities for local people to arrange their loved one’s funeral, the Rowland’s team is here to listen, respond and provide as much support and respectful advice as is needed.

This funeral home has two bright and comfortable lounges for families making funeral arrangements and its own facilities on site to look after people and prepare them for their funeral. There are four beautiful private chapels of rest, with a key available to families so they can visit their loved one at any time of day or night, without having to make an appointment.

Rowland’s Funeral Service can help with every element of the funeral according to your wishes, or family tradition – and can arrange for any type of funeral vehicle, from limousines and horse-drawn hearse to a motorcycle-led cortege.

Families seeking a venue for the funeral may consider Rowland’s own funeral chapel, for the service and catered wake. The funeral home has its own private car park and, providing complete services for the bereaved all under one roof, families can view coffins and memorial masonry in its dedicated showrooms.

This caring funeral home is a member of the two leading funeral professional organisations, the NAFD and SAIF and proudly upholds the high standard of service to the bereaved that both institutes maintain.

Run by a family that is there to support yours at a very difficult time, call Rowland’s Funeral Services for respectful and dignified funeral service as soon as it is needed.

Latest Obituaries

Neil   Flarry

Neil Flarry

Mar 1956 - Mar 2024

David   Hunt "Hunter"

David Hunt "Hunter"

Apr 1939 - Apr 2024

Janet   Barnett

Janet Barnett

Jan 1956 - Apr 2024

Christine   Miles

Christine Miles

Apr 1933 - Mar 2024

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Verified Reviews

Verified Reviews

  • 5 Denise Soutar 27th Nov 2022

    Very helpful, funeral carried out as planned.  Nothing too much trouble from arranging vicar, orders of service and flowers.  Would definitely recommend

  • 5 James Burstall 23rd Nov 2022

    I cannot speak highly enough of Charlotte, Marsha and the rest of the team. Charlotte was our main contact and really looked after us, helping to resolve all sorts of issues that were well outside her role. Marsha then rearranged her life to accommodate our need for a Saturday funeral. The whole day went perfectly and this was mainly down to the amazing work that they did. Kind, compassionate and efficient - I would heartily recommend them.

  • 5 Amanda Ward-Thomas 22nd Nov 2022

    I would highly recommend Rowlands. They looked after all the arrangements for my fathers funeral. They were sympathetic, empathetic and totally in tune with with all our needs. A lovely local family business that I would have no problem over recommending.

  • 5 Rob Longley 22nd Nov 2022

    We were so pleased with the professional and sensitive care we received from Charlotte and the team. Thank you. 

  • 5 Diane Baycroft 22nd Nov 2022

    Friendly, compassionate and professional throughout.

  • 5 Cheryl Harvey 22nd Nov 2022

    Highly recommended. Owen and Karen looked after me. Nothing was too much trouble for them. The support and professionalism I received was a huge comfort. They made a difficult process easier. Kept in touch throughout and moved quickly when needed. A huge thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  • 5 Beverly Avery 21st Nov 2022

    Thank you Marsha and everyone else for all your support, care and compassion shown for our dear Paul and for us as a grieving family. The service you provided was extremely professional but also very caring and we never felt rushed at any point throughout the whole process. Thank you so much from us all.

  • 5 Wendy Bower 10th Nov 2022

    Excellent service at a very different time.
    From start to finish everything was exactly as we and our loved one wished for, cannot fault Rowland's at all. Thank you x

  • 5 Tina Byrne 31st Oct 2022

    I can not compliment Rowlands enough, their caring sincere attitude, i felt so at ease with the fact dad was in their care i knew he would be well looked after from the initial meeting with Marsha through to the actual service and finding the perfect celebrant for our family i can not express how grateful we all are with their professional service i can not recommend them high enough 

  • 5 Clare Sutton 22nd Oct 2022

    Charlotte was kind and efficient with lots of helpful information that made the process as painless as possible.

  • 5 Terry Newman 2nd Oct 2022

    Thank you for all your help on a really tough day - Very appreciated.

  • 5 Deborah Jordan 25th Sep 2022

    Rowland’s gave superb service from start to finish: Marsha, Charlotte and Owen are a fantastic team. We used the Rowland’s Room for a simple but memorable family get-together.  Marsha gave us access to the room for a couple of hours the day before the funeral, enabling us to arrange it with masses of  flowers and a display of memorable objects to create  a really personal atmosphere.  The entrance to the Rowland room is via a courtyard framed by a collection of quaint old buildings edged with masses of flowering plants, which  provided a very intimate and calming setting. Marsha organised for us to have simple refreshments at the end of our tributes,  further enhancing the feeling of a shared, and very significant, family experience. Highly recommended! 

  • 5 Doreen Lewis 19th Sep 2022

    The compassionate dedicated support I received and the care and dignity shown for my late husband, carried me through and beyond a very emotional time.
    My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Charlotte and her amazing team.
    Highly recommended.
    Doreen Lewis

  • 5 David Tidd 5th Sep 2022

    Marsha provides a courteous and professional service, allowed us the time required to plan my mothers funeral in a relaxed environment.

  • 5 Guy Warrington 25th Aug 2022

    I have walked past Rowlands so many times over the last 50 years.
    I felt i knew them even though I had not had reason to use them.
    My dear Mother died at home on a Saturday morning and Rowlands came within 3 hours and very respectfully and gently took Mum to their premises.
    I found dealing with Charlotte and Karen to be so gentle and at the same time focused on what needed to be addressed.
    I was overwhelmed by the task of drafting the order of service  and Charlotte showed  me several previous service sheets which really helped.
    Their suggestion of a celebrant was also excellent. 
    Charlotte was always available and very responsive to any questions i raised.
    I loved the way they presented Mum in her beautiful coffin  / she looked so elegant just as in life.
    I found it very comforting to be able to see Mum in her private room at any time and any day of the week.
    This is a wonderful  facility.
    The day of mum’s funeral was beautifully organised and ran well including my sons being pall bearers / all was ‘no problem ‘ for Charlotte and her team.
    Thank you for all you did for mum and myself. 

  • 5 Andrew Staff 18th Aug 2022

    It was presented very well and was in keeping with my mother’s wishes and Martins service was perfect and covered all aspects of her life.

  • 5 Alison Fitzgerald 12th Aug 2022

    Outstanding service from Rowland's Funeral Service. Thank you so much to Karen, Marsha and Charlotte who have been very kind and extremely supportive whilst also being very professional. Everything ran very smoothly on the day of the service. Thanks also to Fred our driver and his colleagues.

  • 5 Susan Palmer 31st Jul 2022

    Kind, companionate and professional.  

  • 5 Andrea Keevil 30th Jul 2022

    Rowlands did an amazing job for us. Marsha supported us through the funeral process with compassion and kindness. Highly recommended. 

  • 5 Charlie Fremantle 25th Jul 2022

    Attentive, caring, efficient and could not praise them more.

  • 5 Neil Flarry 2nd Jul 2022

    I have dealt with Rowlands a couple of times now and each time they have made things so easy in a difficult time - they do a wonderful job

  • 5 Ruth Foster 2nd Jul 2022

    Charlotte was professional and compassionate. Everything went well and we would highly recommend using Rowlands Funeral Services 

  • 5 Heidi Carslaw 30th Jun 2022

    I would highly recommend Rowlands . Marsha and Charlotte are both lovey people . In such sad times they made the whole process simple and painless, and I can’t thank them enough for everything they did. I genuinely didn’t have to worry about a thing on the day, church and crematorium sorted, Order of service well presented and lovely , cars arrived on time and drivers very helpful and friendly .   If you want a highly professional but friendly service look no further than Rowlands . 

  • 5 Tina Webb 27th Jun 2022

    Absolutely excellent service. Everything was arranged for us with compassion, making the whole process as easy as it could possibly have been.
    Thank you  

  • 5 Penny Higginbotham 13th Jun 2022

    Rowlands have been absolutely brilliant, from the very beginning to the end. They have helped and guided us through a rather tricky time, for which we will always be very grateful.

Address
St Peter's Road
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HX

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Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

Latest Verified Reviews

Denise Soutar 27th Nov 2022

Very helpful, funeral carried out as planned.  Nothing too much trouble from arranging vicar, orders of service and flowers.  Would definitely recommend

James Burstall 23rd Nov 2022

I cannot speak highly enough of Charlotte, Marsha and the rest of the team. Charlotte was our main contact and really looked after us, helping to resolve all sorts of issues that were well outside her role. Marsha then rearranged her life to accommodate our need for a Saturday funeral. The whole day went perfectly and this was mainly down to the amazing work that they did. Kind, compassionate and efficient - I would heartily recommend them.

Amanda Ward-Thomas 22nd Nov 2022

I would highly recommend Rowlands. They looked after all the arrangements for my fathers funeral. They were sympathetic, empathetic and totally in tune with with all our needs. A lovely local family business that I would have no problem over recommending.

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