Pest Control Rotherham

Pest Control in Rotherham

Rotherham sits on the River Don in South Yorkshire, a town shaped by its steel and coal heritage with the river and canal running through the centre. The housing ranges from Victorian terraces in areas like Masbrough and Eastwood to 1960s estates in Broom and Kimberworth Park and newer developments spreading towards Wickersley and Bramley. The River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation canal create corridors that rats follow right through the built-up area and the industrial land along the river still provides shelter and food. The terraced streets with their back alleys and old drain systems are where rat problems come up most often, because the connected housing and ageing underground pipes give rodents easy routes.

The Minster and the older buildings around All Saints Square sit at the heart of the town and the food outlets, pubs and markets in the centre generate waste that attracts mice and rats. The older housing across Canklow, Herringthorpe and Clifton has the kind of structural gaps that mice use to get inside, from worn brickwork to gaps under doors and around pipes. The newer estates on the edges of town are generally better sealed, but no property is completely immune. The amount of brownfield and former industrial land in Rotherham also creates rough ground where rodents breed.

Wasps nest in the roof spaces and wall cavities of properties across the town every summer and the parks and gardens keep them well fed. Clifton Park and Thrybergh Country Park are among the green spaces that support insect life and in turn feed the wasp colonies. Flea problems come up in homes with pets and the carpeted rooms in the older terraced houses can harbour them if they are not dealt with quickly. Pigeons roost on the town centre buildings and the industrial units and their fouling causes problems for the businesses below.