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Midland Goods Shed
West Handyside Canopy

East Handyside Canopy

The East Handyside Canopy (EHC) is a double-height canopy structure running north-south on the east side of the Midland Goods Shed.

The EHC is approximately 130m in length and spans a constant width of some 16m. The canopy curves gently to the west in plan as it continues north of the Midland Goods Shed.

Adjacent to the east of the EHC used to be a potato market - after the closure of the Maiden Lane passenger terminus in 1852. The area between the Midland Goods Shed and Potato Market was originally open to the sky. It comprised a roadway and two lines of rails and was part of the access system to the Midland Goods Shed and potato market. In 1888 the space was roofed over by Andrew Handyside & Co. of Derby to provide better conditions in all weather and to form the East Handyside Canopy.

In 1970 the adjacent Potato Markets were demolished but a series of haunched cast iron beams and a single brick buttress wall were left intact to support the eastern edge of the canopy.