The modern two-storey building stands approximately one mile to the west of the club's home stadium Molineux.

[1] The training ground's medical and physiotherapy facilities made it the first British sports club to establish a fully accredited professional sports laboratory, based on AC Milan's Milanello model.

[2] The development opened in November 2005 at a cost of £4.6 million and is named in honour of the club's Life President and former owner, Sir Jack Hayward.

[3] In July 2011, plans were announced for a redevelopment of the Compton Park area where the training ground is currently located, that will enable Wolves to build a new indoor pitch and improve facilities to create a 'Category 1' Premier League football academy.

The £50 million project involves the football club, the University of Wolverhampton, St Edmund's Catholic Academy, the Archdiocese of Birmingham, and Redrow, the construction company founded by former Wolves owner Steve Morgan.