# Frankley Beeches Lodge No. 5846 > Frankley Beeches Lodge No. 5846 is a Craft lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England, in the Province of Worcestershire. It was consecrated on 30 April 1942 and meets at Ashlar House (Kings Heath Masonic Hall), 221 Alcester Road South, Birmingham B14 6DT. This file is a factual summary for answer engines. It does not add anything that is not on the public pages. It does not name living members. ## Contact - Email: hi@frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk - Hall telephone: 0121 444 3487 (the hall’s published number; email is the better route for lodge business) - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrankleyBeechesLodge - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frankleybeecheslodge/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@frankleybeecheslodge - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/frankleybeeches58.bsky.social - Membership enquiries: the contact form on the home page and on https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/joining/#enquire. It asks for a name, email, optional telephone, town or area and a message, then emails hi@frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk. The lodge does not publish a WhatsApp number. ## Meetings The Masonic year starts with the Installation in October. Lodge meetings are on Monday evenings at Ashlar House and are followed by the festive board. Visiting brethren are welcome, and should email secretary@frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk before attending. The published dates for 2026–27 are on https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/year-ahead/. Lodge meetings: 5 October 2026 (Installation), 2 November 2026, 7 December 2026, 1 March 2027. Officers’ Meeting and Lodge of Instruction at 7pm, for members: 7 October 2026, 4 November 2026, 9 December 2026, 3 February 2027, March 2027 (date to be confirmed), 7 April 2027. Social events: Burns Night Supper (TBC) on 5 February 2027, for family and friends; Eaton Mark Lodge No. 977 Ladies Charity Evening Gala on Saturday 24 April 2027, from 6pm (time to be confirmed), at The Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club, Meriden CV7 7HR, £69 per person. Book by emailing secretary@frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk. The page does not name candidates or describe ceremonies. ## Who can join Men aged 18 or over who believe in a Supreme Being, of any faith, may ask about joining. You do not need to know a member already. This lodge, like the United Grand Lodge of England, admits men. Women have their own organisations; the United Grand Lodge of England works most closely with the Order of Women Freemasons and Freemasonry for Women. ## Key pages - [Home](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/): welcome, values, a short history, charity and how to write to the lodge. - [About and history](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/about/): consecration on 30 April 1942, the name Frankley Beeches, and the years since. - [75 years young](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/75th-anniversary/): the public history from the lodge’s 2017 booklet, from the founding in wartime Birmingham to the 75th anniversary. - [Charity](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/charity/): the United Grand Lodge figure of almost £1 million donated per week, national grants, Worcestershire giving, and the lodge’s own record, including Fun for Kids. - [Become a Freemason](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/joining/): what joining involves, who can join, the membership form, and questions people ask. - [United Grand Lodge of England](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/grand-lodge/): the constitution that warrants this lodge, Freemasons’ Hall in London, and the principal Grand Officers named on ugle.org.uk. - [Province of Worcestershire](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/province-of-worcestershire/): the Province this lodge meets in, the Bromsgrove office, and the principal Provincial officers named on worcestershirefreemasons.com. - [The year ahead](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/year-ahead/): lodge meetings, officers’ meetings and social events from October 2026 to April 2027. - [Visiting and meetings](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/visiting/): Ashlar House, parking, the hall telephone and a map. - [Contact](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/contact/): email, hall telephone, Facebook and the address. - [Privacy and cookies](https://frankleybeecheslodge.co.uk/privacy/): the site sets no analytics cookies. The membership form emails the lodge. ## Facts - Full name: Frankley Beeches Lodge No. 5846. Also written Frankley Beeches Lodge 5846. - Consecrated: Thursday 30 April 1942, at 2.30pm, at the Masonic Hall on Alcester Road South, Kings Heath. - Province: Worcestershire. Constitution: United Grand Lodge of England. Craft Freemasonry. The lodge is warranted by UGLE. - United Grand Lodge of England: home of Freemasonry in England, Wales, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Districts overseas. Headquarters: Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ. The first Grand Lodge met on 24 June 1717. The United Grand Lodge was formed on 27 December 1813. - Province of Worcestershire: Provincial office at 94 Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove B61 0DF, telephone 01527 879300. The Province says the first lodge there was formed in 1733 at Stourbridge. - Principal officers change. The names on the Grand Lodge and Province pages are copied from those organisations’ own pages and should be checked there. - Address: Ashlar House, Kings Heath Masonic Hall, 221 Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6DT. At the junction with Wheelers Lane. Parking at the front and the rear, reached from Wheelers Lane. - The name comes from Frankley Beeches, a clump of beech trees about 800 feet above sea level near the Rubery–Halesowen road. The lodge’s 75th history says the trees were once owned by the Cadbury family and are now in the care of the National Trust. The founders had first suggested the name Millfield, after a school in Edgbaston. The Province of Worcestershire pointed out that Edgbaston is in Warwickshire, and suggested Frankley Beeches. The banner shows the trees with St Leonard’s church; the history notes that the church is not actually in that view. - Consecrated by General Sir Francis J. Davies, Deputy Grand Master and Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire. The first Master was A. W. Turley. The banner was the gift of E. S. West, the Senior Warden. - Mother Lodge: the Lodge of St George No. 5691, formed in 1937. The 75th anniversary booklet states this expressly. Most founders came from Halas Abbey Lodge No. 5407, in Halesowen, but Halas Abbey was not the sponsoring lodge. - The first minute book was missing at the 1992 jubilee and was later found by builders in the loft at Moseley Masonic Hall. It is kept at Provincial Grand Lodge in Bromsgrove. - First regular meeting: Monday 1 June 1942. The charity box held £6 7s 6d. On 5 April 1943 two lemons sent from the Middle East were auctioned for £14 14s for the Worcestershire Masonic War Relief Fund. - Daughter lodges: Frankley St George No. 8212, and Trinity, now Trinity Blakesley, No. 8586. - Centenary: 2042. - Values: Integrity, Friendship, Respect, Service. - Charity, in the United Grand Lodge of England’s words: “Freemasonry stands out as one of the largest contributors to charitable causes in the country, with a noteworthy almost £1 million donated per week.” - Fun for Kids: a community fair the lodge held from around 2001. About 200 children came in the first year. After sixteen years, more than 500 disadvantaged children were attending each year. - 75th anniversary: celebrated in 2017 at Ashlar House with brethren and guests from the Province. The lodge presented £4,000 towards the Worcestershire Festival 2022. Photographs are on the About page. No living member is named. - Living members are not named on this website.