The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing body of Freemasonry in England, Wales and the Channel Islands. Its headquarters is at Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ. The United Grand Lodge of England is the mother Lodge of the world from where the English constitution is run. It currently has over 200,000 members meeting in over 7,000 Lodges, which are grouped as follows: Lodges meeting in London (an area generally within a 10-mile radius of Freemasons’ Hall) are administered by the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London.

Lodges meeting outside London, and within England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, are grouped into 47 Provinces, whose boundaries roughly correspond to those of the old Counties, with each headed by a Provincial Grand Master. Lodges that meet outside England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are grouped into 33 Districts with each headed by a District Grand Master, five Groups (currently too small to make up a District), each of which is headed by a Grand Inspector, and 12 Lodges abroad which are directly administered by Freemasons’ Hall. There are separate Grand Lodges of Ireland and Scotland which have a combined total of approximately 150,000 members. Worldwide, there are approximately six million Freemasons. There are also two independent Grand Lodges in the UK which are exclusively for women members.