Pest Control in Gillingham

Gillingham is a growing town in north Dorset, sitting in the Blackmore Vale with the River Stour and its tributaries running through the area. The town has changed a lot in recent years with major housing developments on the southern side, but the older centre around the High Street and the area near the station still has that traditional market town feel. The Stour and its smaller feeder streams give rats a network of waterways to move along and the low-lying ground near the river means some gardens and properties are more vulnerable to rat visits than others. We deal with rat control in Gillingham across both the old town and the newer estates and the river system is usually part of the story when rats turn up in properties near the centre.

The older housing around the station and along the roads leading into the High Street dates mainly from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, with stone and brick terraces that have the usual age-related gaps and weaknesses. Mice get in through cracked mortar, gaps around pipework and the ventilation bricks that were standard in houses of that era. The newer developments at the Southern Extension and around Kingsmead have a different set of issues. These houses are built on what was farmland until recently and the transition from fields to housing pushes rodents towards the new buildings. Mouse problems in Gillingham tend to be most common in the autumn months, when mice from the surrounding farms and fields start looking for somewhere warmer to spend the winter.

The Blackmore Vale is lush dairy country with thick hedgerows, woodland copses and well-watered pasture, all of which supports a healthy range of wildlife including the pests that bring people to call us. Wasp nests turn up regularly in summer across every part of town and the older properties with their stone walls and slate roofs are prime nesting territory. Gillingham may not be as well known as some of its Dorset neighbours, but it is a town where pest control is a constant need.