However, as demand for services continued to increase, the capacity for provision at the relatively small Rice Lane site failed to keep pace and in 1998 all services were transferred to a new, purpose-built complex two miles north in Fazakerley adjacent to and adjoining Aintree University Hospital.

[3] In 2014 the Walton Centre became the first hospital in the UK to virtually open its doors to Google Street view to the main clinical areas.

[5] The Walton Centre is a specialist neurosciences NHS trust dedicated to providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pain management and rehabilitation services.

[8] There were allegations, in February 2007, that a surgeon at the hospital removed brain tissue for research purposes without the patient's consent.

[13] The Walton Center became the second specialist hospital in the UK to receive the top rating by the Care Quality Commission in October 2016.