Dukes 92, Dukes Grill and Albert's Shed occupy a cluster of buildings beside Lock 92 on the Rochdale Canal.  The lock is known as the Duke's Lock since it is the all important lock which lowers the Rochdale Canal into the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal in the Castlefield Basin.

Dukes 92 occupies an old stable block related to the adjacent Merchant's Warehouse.  Since its opening in 1991, Dukes has expanded three times.  Today it comprises two bars, three private events spaces, a grill restaurant, a canalside terrace and a balcony that overlooks the canal basin.

The conversion of the old stables into Dukes was led by Jim Ramsbottom.  Jim's uncle Albert owned a shed on the site in which his uncle kept his tools and materials.  Apparently Albert was convinced to move out of the shed so it could be transformed into a new restaurant on the condition that it was named after him, hence the Albert's Shed Restaurant.

The collection of old buildings that were transformed into the bar and restaurant can be seen in the aerial photograph below, dated 1953.