Pest Control Hollington

Pest Control in Hollington

Hollington is a residential area on the northern side of Hastings and St Leonards in East Sussex, sitting on the high ground above the town centre. The neighbourhood has a mix of inter-war semis, post-war estates and some newer development and the hilly terrain means many properties have elevated gardens with views but also exposure to the weather that loosens tiles and opens gaps. Those gaps give mice the entry points they need and once inside the wall cavities and roof spaces of houses built in the 1930s through 1960s they have room to move around and breed undisturbed.

The green spaces in Hollington, including the recreation grounds and the wooded valleys that run between the residential streets, create corridors for wildlife to move through the area. Brown rats follow these green corridors and the drainage runs that connect to them, surfacing in gardens and around bin stores. The allotments and community growing areas also attract rats, with stored produce and compost providing easy food sources. The edges of the built-up area where gardens back onto open ground or scrubland see the most consistent rat activity.

The woodland in the valleys around Hollington supports grey squirrels that regularly get into the roof spaces of houses on the hillsides. Wasp nests are common through summer in the lofts, sheds and hedges across the area and the south-facing slopes and sheltered gardens provide good nesting conditions. The hilly position means some gardens have retaining walls and banks that are popular spots for ground-nesting wasps too. Hollington has a residential character with good access to the countryside feel of the valleys and green spaces, but that comes with the pest activity that follows wherever homes sit close to undisturbed green land.