[1] The hall and its surrounding garden and grounds are owned and administered by Warrington Borough Council.

[2] The house was built in 1836–38 for Sir Gilbert Greenall, 1st Baronet, brewer and Member of Parliament.

[3] The local authority website states it was designed by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe.

[9] At this time there was an old hall on the property north east of the present building (shown on the 1882 map) which has since been demolished.

He was a partner in his long established family brewing firm of Greenall Whitley & Company with his brothers and made a large fortune.

He was a personal friend of Lewis Carroll whose father was the vicar in the nearby Church at Daresbury.

In 1898 his daughter Bertha was married at St John the Evangelist Church to Edward Waldegrave Griffith.

Sir Gilbert Greenall (1867–1938) who inherited Walton Hall in 1894 upon the death of his father was born in 1867.

After he inherited his father's estates he became interested in the breeding of livestock and developed one of the most famous horse studs in England.

[17] In 1900 he married Frances Eliza Griffith who was his brother in law's sister and is shown as one of the bridesmaids in the picture above.

[1] The retaining wall, balustrades and steps between the lawns east of the hall are listed at Grade II.

Close to the hall are formal gardens,[4] and in the grounds are facilities for pitch and putt, crazy golf, and bowls,[2] and a children's zoo.

[25] The property was used for the exterior shots in the filming of the BBC drama series Our Zoo.