Pest Control Services in Kensington W8

Kensington W8: the High Street, Church Street and Campden Hill

This page is about W8, the neighbourhood around Kensington High Street. It runs north up Kensington Church Street towards Notting Hill Gate, takes in Campden Hill and the Phillimore estate, and reaches south to Edwardes Square and Abingdon Road. Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens form its eastern edge.

What we find in W8 homes

Campden Hill and the Phillimore streets are large Victorian houses and villas, many still single homes with deep basements; the streets off the High Street add mansion blocks and mews cottages. Three problems come up again and again:

• Mice in basements and kitchens, entering through gaps round pipes and old airbricks, and running through the voids between mews houses. See mouse control.

• Clothes moths and carpet beetles in wool carpets, antique rugs and dressing rooms. See moth control.

• Wasps nesting in wall cavities, eaves and garden sheds in late summer, especially on Campden Hill where the gardens are large and the trees mature. See wasp control.

Pigeons settle on the ledges of the High Street's shopfronts and mansion blocks, and rats appear where restaurants and cafés share bin stores. See pigeon control.

Kensington High Street businesses

Shops, restaurants, hotels and offices line the High Street, and antique dealers line Kensington Church Street. We carry out one-off treatments and planned visits for shops, restaurants and hotels.

Council pest control in Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough runs a pest control service for residents, businesses and property management companies, and a limited free service for eligible council tenants in homes its housing management service looks after. It does not deal with bees or foxes. Details are on the council's pest control service page.

Neighbouring pages

Notting Hill and Holland Park W11, Earls Court SW5, South Kensington SW7 and Chelsea and Brompton SW3. Browse every Kensington and Chelsea neighbourhood.