Pest Control in Newent

Newent is a small market town in north-west Gloucestershire, sitting in the rolling countryside between Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. The town has a pleasant centre with timber-framed and brick buildings around Church Street and Broad Street and the surrounding landscape is one of orchards, hop fields and mixed farmland. The agricultural character of the area means rats are a regular feature, working the field edges, farm buildings and hedgerows before moving toward the town. Rat control is one of our more common services in Newent and properties on the edges of town near the farmland tend to see the most activity.

The housing in Newent ranges from the older timber-framed and brick cottages in the centre to more modern estates that have grown up around the town. The older buildings have the gaps that develop with age: worn mortar, shifted timber framing, spaces around old window and door frames and gaps where later additions meet the original structure. Mice use all of these to get indoors and mouse control is in steady demand from autumn through to spring. The orchards around Newent provide a seasonal food source for rodents and the area's tradition of growing fruit trees in gardens continues, which means mice and rats have easy pickings in the fruiting months.

Newent is known for its daffodils in spring and its onion fair in September and the town has a genuine community spirit. During summer, wasp nests turn up in old walls, garden sheds, outbuildings and beneath the tiles of the older properties. The mature gardens in the centre of town and the paddocks around the edges provide plenty of sheltered spots for nesting wasps. Grey squirrels from the nearby woodland also make occasional appearances in roof spaces. Newent is a welcoming little town with a lot of character and keeping the pests in check is part of looking after it.