Crowland is a small Fen town that grew up around its abbey, with older stone and brick buildings in the centre and open farmland and washland around it. It sits between our Spalding office and Peterborough.
Pest problems around Crowland
The River Welland and the washes run close to the town, and rats and mice move from the banks and fields into houses and outbuildings in autumn and winter. Older buildings in the centre give pigeons and other birds plenty of ledges and roof gaps to use, so proofing has to suit the building. Rural homes around Crowland often see cluster flies in lofts in autumn, moles in lawns and paddocks, and wasp nests in late summer.
Homes and buildings in Crowland
The streets around Crowland Abbey and the old three-way Trinity Bridge are lined with stone and brick houses, many of them listed or in the conservation area. Thick walls, old roofs and shared loft spaces give mice, bats and birds plenty of gaps, so we check carefully what is using a roof before any proofing is done, and choose materials that do not spoil the building.
The washes beside the Welland are allowed to flood in winter. When they hold water, rats that live along the banks move to drier ground, and the houses and farm buildings nearest the washes are often where they turn up. Out towards Shepeau Stow and Whaplode Drove the homes are spread along long, straight Fen roads with fields on both sides, where rodents around outbuildings are a regular job.
Other services in Crowland
We also cover blocked drains and drain surveys, house clearances, garden clearance and property maintenance in Crowland and the surrounding villages.
Villages we cover around Crowland
As well as Crowland itself, we work in Cowbit, Deeping St Nicholas, Shepeau Stow, Whaplode Drove, Newborough and Thorney, and the smaller villages in between. Not sure if we reach you? Call us on 01775 720015.