Pest Control Clapham Junction

Pest Control in Clapham Junction

Clapham Junction claims to be the busiest railway junction in the country and the area around the station is a dense mix of Victorian terraces, mansion blocks, converted houses and commercial properties along St John's Road and Lavender Hill. The railway lines fan out from the station, creating corridors of scrubby land and embankments that wildlife uses to move through the area. Rats follow these railway corridors and properties that back onto the tracks or the embankments see more activity than those on the main streets. The aging Victorian drains under much of the area provide underground routes too. We deal with rat control across the Clapham Junction area, from the streets around the station to Battersea Rise and towards Wandsworth.

Mice are one of the most common pest calls here. The Victorian terraces that make up much of the housing have shared party walls with gaps around pipes and behind kitchen units that mice use to move between properties. A mouse problem in one house can mean the whole terrace is affected. The converted houses containing multiple flats are the hardest to treat because there are so many pathways between units. The volume of food businesses along St John's Road and Lavender Hill generates waste that attracts rodents and cockroaches.

Bed bugs are a growing issue in the many flats and shared houses around the station, driven by the high turnover of tenants and the constant movement of people through the area. Foxes den in the railway embankments and range through the residential gardens, carrying fleas. Wasps nest in the eaves and wall cavities of the older buildings every summer and pigeons roost on the station buildings and the commercial properties along the main roads. Clapham Junction has the intense pest pressures that come with very dense housing, a lot of food waste and a major transport hub bringing movement and activity round the clock.