Pest Control Battle

Pest Control in Battle

Battle is the East Sussex town where English history changed in 1066 and the abbey and its grounds still dominate the centre. The High Street runs along the ridge with views across the Weald and the town is a mix of medieval, Georgian and Victorian buildings in the centre with more modern housing on the outskirts. The older buildings along the High Street have deep cellars, thick stone walls and original timber framing with gaps that have developed over centuries. Mice move through these voids freely, nesting behind panelling, beneath floorboards and in the loft spaces above. The cafes, restaurants and food shops that serve the tourist trade add food sources that keep mouse numbers high in the centre. Our mouse control in Battle handles both residential and commercial properties, with care taken around the listed buildings.

Rats are present along the watercourses that run through the valleys on either side of the ridge. The streams feed into the ponds at the abbey and run through the gardens of properties on the lower slopes, creating damp ground that rats thrive in. The older drainage in the town centre connects to these watercourses and damaged pipes give rats a route between the sewer and the surface. Gardens with compost heaps and bird feeders along the edge of the built-up area see rat activity from the surrounding farmland too. We carry out rat control across Battle and include drain checks where the situation warrants it.

The farmland and woodland around Battle support grey squirrels that enter roof spaces in the houses on the edge of town and the mature trees in the abbey grounds and along the High Street provide additional routes. Wasps nest in the roof voids and stone wall cavities of the older buildings every summer and the sheltered south-facing gardens along the ridge create warm conditions that queen wasps favour. Our wasp removal in Battle runs throughout the season, with most nests treated on the day you call.