Where Hackney's Wasp Nests Build Up
Roof spaces above the terraces near London Fields
The terraced streets around London Fields have plenty of loft space and roof tiles with small gaps under them, and a queen wasp looking for somewhere to start a nest in spring doesn't need much more than that. By late summer a nest built into a roof void like this can be the size of a football, with wasps using a single vent or gap as the entrance and exit point all day.
Sheds and garden walls around Clapton
Clapton's gardens, rising up from the marshes, give wasps another option — a shed roof, a cavity in a garden wall, or a gap under decking. Nests in spots like these are often noticed later than roof nests, because the buzzing is easy to mistake for background garden noise until the numbers of wasps around the shed become hard to ignore.
Signs to Look For
- A grey, papery nest the size of a football or larger, usually by late summer
- Wasps repeatedly entering and leaving one spot — a loft vent, eave or air brick
- A low buzzing or rustling sound from inside a wall, loft or shed
- More wasps than usual around bins, fruit trees or open windows
Dealing With a Hackney Wasp Nest
Leave the nest alone until it's been treated — we'll talk you through what to expect before anything is booked.
