HISTORICAL FACTS: Walleys quarry - The Untold Story

Staffordshire residents plagued by ‘the stink’ celebrate shutdown of landfill site

Campaigners say news that Walleys Quarry in Silverdale has been told to close has given them ‘huge relief, just elation’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024

'Stinky reality' forcing residents to stay indoors on hottest day of the year

Residents in Silverdale, North Staffordshire, claim they cannot open their windows because of the foul smell and the risk of flies coming from the Walleys Quarry landfill site

Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022

Life in 'UK’s smelliest village' where stench left boy struggling to breathe

Lawyers for Rebecca Currie, who lives near Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has argued that hydrogen sulphide emissions are affecting "hundreds and probably thousands of local people"

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022