Where
Friendships Last a Lifetime
Empowering Compassion, Cultivating Kindness
The Martello Lodge 8712
Members Area
A place for members to find importnat news, summons, and other bits related to Freemasonry in this Lodge.
Working with Local Charities
See who we have helped over the past year.
Welcome to Martello Lodge
Step into our welcoming site—a place where ancient traditions meet modern values. As Martello Freemasons, we are guardians of timeless wisdom, pervayers of fun, and builders of community.
Whether you’re a curious visitor, a fellow Mason, or a friend, consider this your virtual threshold. Here, you’ll find a welcoming place, friendly masons who value, Integrity, Friendship, Respect & Service.
No doubt, searching for Masonic Lodges has brought you to our site, we welcome you and would love to hear from you.
Our Lodge
Not one of the oldest lodges in East Kent, but certainly full of history and friendship. Founded in 1976, the Martlello Lodge takes its name from the Martello Towers, dotted along the South coast of England.
FUN
As winners of last years “Bat N Trap” competition, we will be aiming to replicate that win this year.
Service
Whether participating in events, fundraising for a charitable cause or volunteering for public or community organisations, service is at the very heart of Freemasonry. Our members make valuable contributions by donating time, resources and skills.
Respect
With a membership of more than 150,000 people drawn from communities across the UK, Freemasonry brings people together irrespective of their race, religion or any other perceived differences that can divide us as a society. Here at Martello we are no diffferent.
Education
As they say, “you never stop learning”, and so it is with Freemasonry. Through our playlets, text, lectures, online learning, every day is a school day, so they say!
Friendship
One of the oldest social organisations in the world, Freemasonry is not defined by an ideology. It is open to people from all religions and political persuasions and provides the common foundation for friendships between members, many of which will last for life.
Integrity
Rather than working on buildings like the masons of old, today’s Freemasons focus on building themselves as people of integrity, and membership provides the structure to help achieve that goal.
We Greet You Well!
Presumably having conducted some research about Freemasonry you have stumbled across our website, and most welcome you are. Suffice it to say Freemasonry is a fascinating institution which has stood the test of time, just how long we cannot be certain, but records indicate perhaps 500 years, or possibly longer, as the Regius Poem suggests freemasonry was brought to England by King Athelstan between 924 and 939 AD. However the first or ‘Premier’ Grand Lodge was not established until 1717, celebrating its tercentenary in 2017. Therefore The Lodge of Harmony, established in 1785, is one of the oldest and most prestigious Lodges under our constitution.
