Pest Control Alfreton

Pest Control in Alfreton

Alfreton is a former coal mining town in the Amber Valley, sitting on high ground between Mansfield and Derby. The town grew rapidly during the industrial era and the housing reflects that history. Long terraced rows climb the hillsides around the centre, built from local stone and red brick to house mining families. These terraces have the same pest vulnerabilities as similar streets right across the Midlands: shared walls, shared yards, old clay drainage and gaps in the brickwork that have opened up over a century or more. Brown rats are common in the back alleys and yards behind the terraces, feeding on food waste and moving between properties through broken fences and under sheds. Our rat control in Alfreton works through the whole terrace when needed, not just the one house that called.

The town centre around the High Street and King Street has takeaways, pubs and shops that generate food waste and the commercial bins behind these businesses are a magnet for rats after dark. Mice are common too, getting into the flats above the shops through gaps in the old brickwork. Outside the centre, the housing estates from the 1960s and 70s around Swanwick and Somercotes bring a slightly different set of issues. Cavity walls give mice routes to travel once they find a way in and the flat roofs on some of the garages and extensions collect standing water that attracts insects. We handle mouse control across Alfreton and always look at how the mice are getting in as well as dealing with the ones already there.

Wasps nest in roof spaces and wall cavities across the town every summer and the stone-built terraces with their old mortar joints make it easy for queen wasps to find a way into the structure. A nest inside a wall cavity can vibrate enough to be heard through the plaster, which is usually the first sign. Our wasp removal service in Alfreton treats nests in all locations safely. The green spaces around the Amber Valley, including the parks and former colliery sites that have been reclaimed, also support grey squirrels that occasionally make their way into loft spaces along the edges of the built-up area.