Pest Control Cross Keys

Pest Control in Cross Keys

Cross Keys is a small crossroads area near Cranbrook in the Kent Weald, where lanes meet among the rolling countryside of fields, orchards and woodland. The settlement is small, just a handful of properties around the junction, but the farming landscape on every side brings the same pest pressures found right across the Weald. Rats thrive in the arable fields and orchards, feeding on grain and fallen fruit and sheltering in the hedgerows and ditches. They follow these green corridors between the countryside and the buildings and rat control at properties around Cross Keys usually involves looking at the routes rats are using as well as treating the immediate problem.

Mice are equally common in this landscape and make their way into houses through the autumn and winter months. The older Kent cottages and farmhouses in the area have the kind of traditional construction that inevitably develops gaps over time. Around pipes, under doors, through crumbling mortar joints and where extensions meet the main house are all places where mice find a way in. Mouse proofing these entry points is the most effective approach, combined with trapping to clear out any mice already inside.

The orchards and hedgerow fruit around Cross Keys support wasp colonies during the summer and the older buildings with their tile-hung walls and peg-tiled roofs provide excellent nest sites. Wasps find their way into wall cavities through the natural ventilation gaps in older buildings and can build large nests without anyone realising until the colony becomes noisy enough to notice. We also help with flea problems from homes where pets pick up fleas while roaming the fields and woodland where rabbits and foxes are common.