Pest Control Atherstone

Pest Control in Atherstone

Atherstone is a market town in north Warwickshire, strung along the line of Watling Street with the Coventry Canal running parallel through the valley. The town has a compact centre with a mix of Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings along Long Street and the market square and residential areas spreading up the hillside to the east and along the main road in both directions. The canal and the River Anker provide the kind of damp, sheltered environment that rats rely on. Brown rats work the canal towpath and the river margins and move into the gardens and outbuildings of properties nearby. The older houses in the town centre have cellars and ageing drainage that give rats easy access from underground. Our rat control in Atherstone covers properties from the canal corridor to the estates up the hill.

Mice are a constant issue across the town. The older buildings along Long Street have lime mortar, timber floors and gaps in the brickwork that mice use without any difficulty. Above the shops, the flats and converted spaces often have gaps between floors where pipes and wires run, giving mice a route through the building. On the newer estates around Ratcliffe Road and the edge of town, mice enter through the usual modern weak points: meter cupboards, gaps around boiler flues and unsealed cable entries. We handle mouse control across Atherstone for all types of property.

The surrounding farmland and the wooded areas near Merevale bring grey squirrels into the properties along the edge of town and wasps build nests in loft spaces and garden buildings each summer. The old brick and stone buildings in the centre are particularly prone to wasp nests, with crumbling mortar joints providing easy access to wall cavities. Our wasp removal in Atherstone is available throughout the season and we also deal with flea problems in the rental properties around the town where pets and high tenant turnover combine to create recurring infestations.