Pest Control Pickering

Pest Control in Pickering

Pickering is a market town on the southern edge of the North York Moors, sitting where the moors meet the Vale of Pickering. The town has a castle, a medieval church and a historic centre of stone and brick buildings along the main streets. The North York Moors Railway runs from Pickering to Whitby, bringing visitors through the town year-round. The surrounding landscape of moorland, farmland and forestry shapes pest activity here. Rats are drawn to the farms, livestock areas and food storage around the town and they follow the becks and drainage channels that run off the moors into the valley. The older buildings in the town centre have cellars and stone walls with gaps that give rats access. We carry out rat control across Pickering and the surrounding moorland villages.

Mice are common in both the older properties in town and the more modern housing on the outskirts. The stone buildings of the centre develop gaps as mortar weathers over the years and mice use these to get inside. On the newer estates, gaps around utility entries and under doors are the more typical routes. A thorough mouse control job includes proofing the entry points, because just removing the mice without sealing the gaps means they come back.

Wasps are a summer issue in Pickering, nesting in loft spaces, garden sheds and in the ground around the parks, gardens and moorland edges. We handle wasp removal throughout the season. Fleas turn up from time to time, often connected to farm dogs or pets but occasionally appearing in holiday cottages and guest houses between bookings. A flea treatment needs to target every stage of the life cycle to give a proper result.