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Mole Control in Ely
Quoted per property, based on how many runs are active
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The fen farmland around Ely is some of the richest mole ground in our whole patch — soft, workable soil that makes for easy tunnelling, so a run of hills across a field margin or a paddock is a routine call for us out this way, alongside the gardens and allotments in the city itself.
We cover Ely and the surrounding villages — Littleport, Witchford, Stretham, Sutton and Soham — 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 domestic garden and a field margin running the length of a paddock to make a flat fee honest, so we always talk it through with you before quoting. There’s no charge or obligation either way.
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: 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, rather than just knocking the visible hills flat and hoping.
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. It’s the same patient, checked-until-it’s-clear method whether the job’s a garden lawn in the city, a paddock, or a field margin on a fen farm — and it’s the one part of the business that hasn’t changed since the early days.
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 Ely
Everywhere within 30 miles of Brandon, Suffolk, including:
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Mole Control in Ely — common questions
- Do you deal with moles on farmland around Ely?
- Yes — the fen farmland around Ely is prime mole ground, and field margins and paddock boundaries are a regular call for us out this way.
- How much does mole control cost in Ely?
- 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 Ely part of your regular mole control round?
- Yes — it's a regular part of our round, not an occasional stretch booking, so we can usually confirm and plan a visit without a long wait.