Specialist service
Mole Control in Brandon
Quoted per property, based on how many runs are active
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Mole control is the service CRC Pest Control was actually built on, and Brandon — just three miles from our base in Hockwold — is one of the closest places we do it. The light, sandy soil around the town and the forest edge is easy going for moles, so lawns, paddocks and field margins here see plenty of activity.
We cover the town and the villages around it — Weeting, Elveden, Santon Downham, Wangford and Lakenheath — quoted per property once we know roughly how many runs are active. There’s no set price list for mole work; scale varies too much between a garden lawn and a field margin running the length of a paddock to make a flat fee honest, so we always look at the ground, or talk it through with you, before quoting. There’s no charge and no obligation just to get that figure.
Moles are territorial and largely solitary, so a run of molehills across a lawn, paddock or field margin usually means one animal working a familiar route rather than a colony moving in. That matters for how we treat it — on horse ground especially, a run close to the surface is a genuine trip risk, not just cosmetic damage to the grass, so confirming exactly which runs are still active before a single trap goes down is the difference between a job that actually finishes and one that drags on.
We control moles the way CRC always has, going right back to the job that gave Chris the “Mole Man” name in the first place: traditional trapping, no gas and no poison, checked and cleared on a regular round until the ground stays quiet for good, not just until the first mole’s caught. Being minutes away, Brandon is often one of the quickest places for us to get a first look — whatever the job, a garden on a new estate, a paddock out toward the forest, or a farm field margin.
Mole control is where CRC Pest Control actually began. Chris Clarke had been in the trade for years before word got round the villages about the moles — and “the Mole Man” reputation is still how a lot of people first hear about us, decades on.
The method hasn’t changed because it doesn’t need to: traditional trapping, no gas and no poison, checked on a regular round until the ground stays quiet. Moles are solitary and territorial, so a run of molehills across a lawn or paddock is almost always one animal working a familiar route rather than a colony — and on horse ground, a run close to the surface is a genuine trip hazard, not just a lawn nuisance.
Moles are active all year, but most new molehills appear in autumn, winter and early spring, when the ground is soft and they’re digging fresh tunnels. In a dry summer they go deeper and the hills slow down. That’s when people think the problem has gone, until the rain comes back.
Trapping means nothing poisonous is left in the ground near pets, livestock or children, and you know when the job is done because the mole has been caught. It takes local knowledge to read which runs are in use and where to set a trap, and that’s the part of the job Chris has been doing longest.
We serve farms, gardens, paddocks and yards across Suffolk and Norfolk within 30 miles of Brandon.
How it works
- Survey the runs We walk the ground and confirm which molehills and runs are still active — moles are solitary and territorial, so a cluster of hills is almost always one animal working a familiar route, not a colony.
- Set and check traps Traditional traps are set on the active runs and checked on a regular round — no gas, no poison, just a method that's worked for generations.
- Confirm it's clear We keep checking until the ground stays quiet for good, not just until the first mole's caught.
What's included
- A survey of the ground to confirm which molehills and runs are still active
- Traditional trapping — no gas, no poison
- Traps checked and cleared on a regular round until the ground stays quiet
- Honest advice on reducing molehill damage to lawns, paddocks and pasture in the meantime
Mole Control near Brandon
Everywhere within 30 miles of Brandon, Suffolk, including:
Towns shown as links have their own local page — tap through for mole control details specific to that area.
Mole Control in Brandon — common questions
- Do you treat moles in gardens and on farmland around Brandon?
- Yes — the light, sandy soil around Brandon and the forest edge is easy going for moles, so lawns, paddocks and field margins here see plenty of activity.
- How much does mole control cost in Brandon?
- It's quoted per property once we know roughly how many runs are active — there's no set price list for mole work, and no charge or obligation just to get that figure.
- Is Brandon part of your regular mole control round?
- Yes — it's minutes from our base in Hockwold, and mole control, the job the business was built on, is a routine part of our round here.