There are ten Circles that are located within Province 17. They are all in South Manchester, Thameside Cheshire East, Crewe and Warrington. The circles are listed below and you can find more details about them – including links to their web-sites where available:
Province 17 Circle Locations
Ashton-under-Lyne (172)
The circle membership is mainly from the Tameside area of Greater Manchester.
The Circle is served by the parishes of St. Ann’s (Ashton), St Christopher’s (Ashton), St. Mary’s (Dukinfield), St. Peter’s (Stalybridge).
Circle meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 8.00p.m.
Venue: Westholme Mossley Freemasons Hall, Stockport Rd, Mossley OL5 0RB.
Brooklands (196)
Brooklands Circle members predominantly reside in the South Trafford Area which consists of Altrincham, Ashton-on-Mersey, Broadheath, Brooklands, Sale, Sale Moor and Timperley.
The Circle is served by the parishes of All Saints (Ashton-on-Mersey), Holy Family (Sale Moor),
St Hugh & St John’s (Timperley), St Joseph’s (Sale) and St Vincent’s (Altrincham).
Circle meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 8.00 p.m.
Dress Code – Lounge Suits / Jacket & Trousers, Ties are now optional.
Venue: Sale Conservative Club & Function Room, 161 Dane Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2NG.
A five-minute drive from Junction 7 of the M60 and all major motorway routes.
Within walking distance of Dane Road and Sale Water Park Metro Tram stops.
Extensive free parking on-site.
Crewe and District (147)
We were founded in Crewe in June 1950, and are the daughter Circle of Stoke-on-Trent Circle (13).
The catchment area is the largest in Province 17 spanning Northwich in the north, to Nantwich in the south and Alsager in the east of Cheshire in addition to Crewe itself.
Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month (December varies) at 7.30pm Holmes Chapel Community Centre, Station Road, CW4 8AA.
March, June, September and December meetings take the form of dinner with ladies, preceded by short Circle Prayers for all – advance booking essential to secretary@crewe.p17catenians.org.
June meeting venue may be different.
Didsbury (189)
Didsbury circle is based predominately in the Chorlton, Fallowfield, Burnage and of course Didsbury areas spreading generally into the South East of Greater Manchester.
Circle meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The meetings in November, December and January will start at 12 Noon and will be followed by lunch.
Venue: St.Kentigern’s Social Club, Wilbraham Rd., Fallowfield, Manchester M14 7DW
Knutsford (182)
Knutsford Circle is based in central Cheshire and its area roughly covers Mobberley, High Legh, Goostrey, Chelford and of course, Knutsford and is centred around the Parish of St. Vincent de Paul (Knutsford).
Circle meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at 8:00 p.m. (when this is a Bank Holiday the meeting is held on the 2nd Monday).
Venue: Cotton’s Hotel, Manchester Road, Knutsford WA16 0SU.
Macclesfield (127)
Macclesfield Circle draws its membership from the parishes in the town and the surrounding area of Macclesfield and Congleton.
Circle meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Oakleigh House, Masonic Hall, Riseley St, Macclesfield SK10 1BW.
North Cheshire & Wilmslow (154)
North Cheshire circle members predominately come from the Altrincham, Hale & Hale Barns areas especially the parishes of St. Vincent’s (Altrincham), and Holy Angels (Hale Barns).
Circle meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Ringway Golf Club, Hale Rd, Hale Barns WA15 8SW.
Ringway (224)
Ringway circle is principally based around the parishes within Stockport, Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
Circle meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Davenport Golf Club, Worth Hall Lodge, Middlewood Rd, Poynton, Stockport SK12 1TS.
Warrington (103)
Warrington circle draws its membership from the parishes in the town and the surrounding area of Warrington and Lymm.
Circle meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Meetings are followed by dinner.
Venue: Statham Lodge Hotel, Warrington Rd, Lymm WA13 9BP