Venue: Star and Garter
Address: 18-20 Fairfield Street, Manchester, Manchester, M1 2QF
Town: Manchester, GB

The Star and Garter is a Grade II listed public house and live-music venue on Fairfield Street in Manchester, England. Originally built nearby in 1803, it was dismantled and re‑erected on its present site during railway expansion and reopened in 1877. It served successive waves of railway and postal workers, later closed in the 1980s as the surrounding area declined, and reopened in 1991 as a live‑music venue. The building is now owned by the Mayfield Partnership, and in 2025 its continued operation was supported by Broadwick, the operator of Depot Mayfield. The Star and Garter was built in 1803 approximately 50 yards (46 metres) from its current position. When Store Street/Bank Top/London Road railway station (the original names of Piccadilly station) was expanded with the addition of the connecting line to Oxford Road station in 1849, the building was moved, brick by brick, onto its current site and reopened in 1877 as the Star and Garter Hotel. The building survived the Manchester Blitz, suffering firebomb damage to the roof which was fortunate considering that London Road (Piccadilly) railway station was a major target for the bombers. While Mayfield and Piccadilly stations were both active, the Star and Garter catered for railway workers and subsequently post office workers when Parcelforce opened a warehouse on Travis Street, which was linked to Mayfield station via a conveyor belt spanning Fairfield Street. In 1986 Mayfield station closed and fell rapidly into disrepair which in turn prompted Chester's Brewery to close the pub due to lack of business. The whole area around Mayfield station followed suit and became almost derelict in parts and marked the beginnings of the area becoming a red light district. On 20 June 1988, the pub was designated a Grade II listed building. In 1990 the Star and Garter was purchased privately and the upstairs space renovated with a bar added - in 1991 it reopened as a live music venue. After planning permission was granted, a f