Pest Control Chiddingstone Causeway

Pest Control in Chiddingstone Causeway

Chiddingstone Causeway is a village near Penshurst in the Kent countryside, sitting on the road between Tonbridge and Edenbridge with a railway station that connects it to London. The village is more spread out than nearby Chiddingstone, with houses along the main road and lanes leading off into the surrounding farmland. The flat ground to the south lies in the floodplain of the River Eden and this low-lying damp land is prime rat habitat. Brown rats thrive along the river and its tributaries and they spread out from the watercourses into nearby gardens and buildings. We handle rat problems at properties across the village, with the houses closest to the low-lying ground seeing the most activity. Keeping vegetation cleared from building foundations and making sure outbuildings are properly sealed helps keep rats at a distance.

The railway line through the village creates another corridor that pests use to move around. The embankments and cuttings provide cover and shelter and rats and mice travel along the tracks between the countryside and the built-up areas. Properties backing onto the railway are among the more likely to need mouse control, especially in the colder months when mice look for warmth indoors. The older houses in the village have the traditional construction that develops gaps over time and these gaps are what mice use to get in.

The mature trees along the lanes and in the gardens support grey squirrels that occasionally get into roof spaces. Squirrel removal is a regular job in this area and cutting back branches that touch the roofline is one of the simplest preventive steps. Wasp nests appear in the roof spaces and garden outbuildings through the summer and the sheltered south-facing walls of the older properties are favourite spots for nest building.