Pest Control in Kendal

Kendal is the largest town in the old county of Westmorland, sitting in the valley of the River Kent with limestone hills rising on both sides. The town centre is a warren of old yards and alleyways running off Highgate, Stricklandgate and the other main streets and the buildings here date back centuries in places. The River Kent runs right through the middle and that river is a major driver of pest activity. Rats are long-standing along the riverbanks and in the drainage network and they move between the water and the commercial premises in the centre where food waste from restaurants, pubs and takeaways keeps them well supplied. We carry out a lot of rat control work in Kendal, both for businesses in the centre and for residents in the streets that run down towards the river.

The older buildings in the town centre are particularly prone to mice. The stone walls and timber frames of the properties along the yards and narrow streets have plenty of voids and gaps that mice use to move through and the connected nature of many of these buildings means mice can travel between shops, flats and houses without crossing open ground. Mouse control in the centre of Kendal can be challenging because of the age and construction of the buildings, but thorough treatment combined with whatever proofing is possible in the older structures gets results. The residential areas further out, including the estates at Hallgarth, Kirkbarrow and Heron Hill, see mice too, mainly coming in from the surrounding fields and green spaces.

Kendal floods from time to time when the Kent rises after heavy rain and each flood event pushes rats out of the riverbank and into streets that do not normally see them. Wasps nest in the stone walls and roof spaces across the town each summer and gulls have become a growing nuisance, nesting on flat-roofed buildings in the centre. Seagull control for commercial properties is something we do more and more in Kendal as the gull population has grown. Kendal is a lively market town with a real character and keeping pest problems in check is important for the businesses and residents who make it work.