Junior Masters Night 2026

On Tuesday 19th May, The Lodge of Dawn 6511 held their annual Junior Master’s Night at Castle Grove Masonic Hall. As one of the highlights in our Masonic Year, this year’s ceremony was performed superbly. Junior Master’s Night enables our more ‘junior brethren’ to become more actively involved in ceremony, and to show the more … Read more

A Great Honour & A Busy Night

A Third Degree, Two Certificates and One Promotion Father & Son Raising On Tuesday 28th April at The Lodge of Dawn 6511, Worshipful Master Dave Jackson conducted his first Third Degree ceremony of the Masonic year 2025/26. Bro. Nick Jackson was dutifully raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason.  As the name suggests … Read more

Ladies Night, Second Degree and Fantastic Food

Oh What a Night On Tuesday March 24th The Lodge of Dawn lead by WM Dave Jackson met for the third Second Degree ceremony of the year. Bro Chris Weightman was passed. One particular highlight of proceedings was W Bro Howard Bott’s fascinating delivery of the Second Degree Tracing Board which duly captivated some 40 … Read more

Our Annual Excursion – Bristol

A perfect combination of World Class Engineering, Freemasonry and Fraternity For the past 5 years W Bro. Rob Phillips has planned what has quickly become the Lodge of Dawn 6511 Annual Lodge ‘Excursion’, recently taking us to Dublin, Edinburgh, Belfast and Jersey. On March 10th and 11th this year, a group of seventeen brethren fromThe … Read more

Masters’ Night plus a Jubilee

Every masonic year the Worshipful Masters of most of the Freemasons’ lodges in Leeds, known as the ‘Leeds Masters’ Circle’, come a visit The Lodge of Dawn. Each Master from each lodge of the Leeds lodges during the masonic year hosts a ‘Masters’ Night’, inviting all of the other Masters in his circle to a … Read more

A Magical Night, A New Brother & Old Master

Tuesday December 16th saw Worshipful Master Dave Jackson, initiate his third new brother of the Masonic year 25/26. The Lodge of Dawn welcomes new brother, Christopher Weightman. The Initiation ritual was impeccable, something we have come to expect here at Castle Grove. Notably, Brother Raw stepped in at the last hour to deliver The Apron. … Read more

Installation Night with 80 in attendance

Installation Night at The Lodge of Dawn

On Tuesday 30th September 2025, at the Lodge of Dawn 6511, W Bro. David Jackson was installed into the Chair of King Solomon; the gavel being handed over by the previous Master, W Bro. Mark Gaftarnik, in an excellent ceremony attended by 80 brethren including 30 guests from 15 different lodges. Worshipful Brother Philip Oldfield PPJGW who … Read more