Pest Control Rushden

Pest Control in Rushden

Rushden is a Northamptonshire town that grew up around its boot and shoe industry and the factory buildings and terraced workers' housing from that era still shape the town today. The High Street runs through the centre and the housing spreads out from there with Victorian and Edwardian terraces close to the middle and more modern estates towards Higham Ferrers and along the A6 corridor. The River Nene runs to the south of the town and the gravel pits and lakes around Stanwick and Irthlingborough provide water habitats that support rat numbers in the wider area. The older terraces with their back alleys and connected drains are where rat problems tend to be most common in Rushden itself.

Mice get into the older houses through gaps in the brickwork, around window and door frames and where pipes enter the building. The factory conversions and older commercial buildings in the centre also see mouse problems, because the original construction often left gaps and voids that mice use. The food outlets and takeaways along the High Street create waste that attracts rodents and the car boot sales and markets at the former Rushden and Diamonds ground also draw them in temporarily.

Wasps nest in the roof spaces and wall cavities of properties across Rushden each summer. The parks and allotments around the town provide foraging and the warm brick walls of the terraced houses make good nesting sites. Fleas can develop in the older carpeted houses, especially in homes with pets and the warm conditions inside the terraces help them breed. Pigeons gather on the older factory buildings and commercial rooftops in the town centre.