About Onward Lodge

The Lodge was consecrated in Fleetwood in 1935 at the Mount Hotel where it originally met in a purpose-built lodge room; the Lodge takes its name from the town’s motto and its crest notably incorporates the Fleetwood coat of arms.

Currently comprising of 28 members (plus 2 honorary members); the average age of the members is 57, ranging from 24 to 81 years of age. Our Lodge members come from a wide range of social and working backgrounds, covering many different roles and careers, brought together by a shared interest to work hard, do good and have fun.
The Lodge is very friendly and prides itself on being family oriented, involving partners, family & friends in our activities wherever possible – particularly our social ones.

We take our ritual & ceremonies seriously, striving to achieve an excellent standard – we do however make sure we enjoy ourselves in the process, being the best we can be; learning and growing from our mistakes. We’re keen to lead the way in how we conduct our meetings being innovative and early adopters of new methods/practices but remain respectful of the custom & traditions that have given the Lodge its identity over the years.

The Lodge has many connections with the local community and non-masonic charities, having long-standing relationships with Fleetwood RNLI and Trinity Hospice to name few; typically, the serving Master is invited to propose a charitable organisation for the Lodge to include in its charitable giving during his year in office.