Walton House Nursing Home
188 Chorley Road, Preston, PR5 4PD · Lancashire · North West
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old.
- Age of rating
- 6 years old — published 8 Apr 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 2 of Walton Care Limited's rated homes are Good or better.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 43
- Registered with CQC
- 26 Jan 2011
- Run by
- Walton Care Limited
- Phone
- 01772628514
- Website
- www.waltoncare.co.uk
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Who this service supports
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Care home with nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Apr 2020 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Apr 2020 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Apr 2020 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Apr 2020 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Apr 2020 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 1 other location
Other active services registered to Walton Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| The Grove Care Home | Good, published 19 Feb 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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Other services in Prestonregistered for at least one of the same groups this service supports, listed with the strongest CQC ratings first. A place to look around — not a recommendation, and not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- BrookhavenPreston · 23 bedsOutstanding, published 22 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Cornmill Nursing and Residential Care HomePreston · 52 bedsOutstanding, published 12 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Mansard HousePreston · 10 bedsOutstanding, published 24 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- 2 Millbrook WayPreston · 6 bedsGood, published 17 Nov 2025
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-117616088
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.