Pest Control in Gateshead

Gateshead stands on the south bank of the River Tyne, directly facing Newcastle across the water and connected to it by a series of iconic bridges including the Tyne Bridge and the tilting Millennium Bridge. The town has reinvented itself in recent decades, with landmarks like the Sage concert hall and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art transforming the quayside, but behind the modern waterfront the streets of Gateshead tell a longer story. Victorian terraces climb the steep hillside from the river and further out the town spreads into a patchwork of council estates, inter-war housing and modern developments across areas like Bensham, Deckham, Felling and Low Fell. The dense terraced housing in Bensham and Saltwell is among the most challenging for pest control in the North East. Shared walls, connected loft spaces and Victorian drains that have deteriorated over 150 years give rats direct routes between properties and up from the sewer system. Our rat control in Gateshead is one of our busiest services in the region, dealing with the complex drainage and building issues that make rats so difficult to eliminate in older urban areas.

The River Tyne and the Team Valley running south through Gateshead are natural corridors for rat movement, connecting the rural areas upstream with the heavily built-up town centre. The Team Valley Trading Estate, one of the largest in the North East, generates food waste and provides shelter in commercial buildings and rats move freely between the trading estate and the neighbouring residential streets of Teams and Dunston. Mice are found throughout Gateshead, from the terraces of Bensham to the semi-detached houses of Low Fell and Sheriff Hill. Our mouse control in Gateshead responds to calls across the whole borough, with treatment tailored to the type of property and the severity of the infestation.

Bed bugs are a growing problem in the denser housing areas of Gateshead, found in multi-occupancy properties, hostels and rental accommodation where people move frequently. Wasps build nests in the roof spaces and wall cavities of terraced and semi-detached houses throughout the summer and pigeons roost on commercial buildings and derelict properties across the town centre. Our team provides bed bug treatment, wasp removal and pigeon control across Gateshead with the experience and resources needed for a borough of this size.