Pest Control Batley

Pest Control in Batley

Batley is a town in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, sitting on the hillside between Dewsbury and Morley with views across the Spen Valley. The town grew up around the woollen and shoddy mills in the nineteenth century and the legacy of that era is still visible in the terraced streets of stone-built houses that climb the slopes around the town centre. These older terraces are where mouse problems are most common. Stone walls that have settled over a century and a half develop gaps at ground level and the shared party walls between the terraces allow mice to move from house to house without going outside. The streets around Mount Pleasant, Upper Batley and around the town centre are among our busiest for mouse calls in the WF postcode area.

The Spen Valley runs along the western side of Batley and the beck running through it is a route for rats that feed off the bankside scrub and the waste that accumulates around the light industrial units along the valley floor. Rats move uphill from the valley into the gardens of properties on the lower slopes, particularly in the autumn when they start seeking shelter. The mills that have been converted into flats and business units also see rat activity, because the old stone buildings often have gaps in the foundations and around loading bays that were never designed to keep pests out.

The commercial centre of Batley, including the market and the food outlets along Commercial Street, generates waste that feeds both rats and mice. Wasp nests appear across the town during summer, in the stone lintels and roof spaces of the terraced houses and in the garden sheds and outbuildings of the more spacious properties further up the hill. Flea treatments are another regular part of our work in Batley, often in homes with pets that use the valley walking routes. Batley is a town with a strong identity and a practical outlook and getting pests dealt with quickly is the approach most people here prefer.