Watch the flight line first
Nests tend to be given away by the coming and going around them well before you spot the nest itself, whether that's near Barons Court, where mansion blocks and terraced streets between Hammersmith and West Kensington, or elsewhere in the borough. From a safe distance, on a calm afternoon, watch for wasps returning again and again to the same spot, wherever that turns out to be decides which part of this guide applies, whether that's near Hammersmith, where dense streets and mansion blocks near the river, or elsewhere in the borough.
Eaves on Fulham's terraces
Above Fulham's tightly packed Victorian terraces, a gap at the fascia or a slipped tile gives a queen an easy way into the roof space in spring. Eaves like these are often easy to reach from ground level, so a quick check in spring is worth the effort, just as near Parsons Green, where larger Victorian houses and terraces around the green and the district line station.
Roofline gaps on mansion blocks
The mansion blocks around Hammersmith and Barons Court have their own roofline gaps and parapet details, and a nest built into one of these can be harder to spot from the street than one under a terrace's eaves, since it often sits several storeys up.
Sheds and fences in Fulham's gardens
In the small rear gardens typical of Fulham's terraces, sheds opened only occasionally and fence lines along a boundary both shelter nests. A nest low down in a hedge or fence line can go unnoticed until strimming or hedge-cutting disturbs it.
What to do today
- Keep children and pets away from the flight line
- Keep windows shut on the side of the house or outbuilding where the nest is
- Leave the entrance open and the nest untouched
- Clear sweet drinks and fallen fruit from the garden, which draw wasps in late summer
Why late summer feels worse
By late summer the colony is at its biggest, yet the queen has largely stopped laying, cutting off the sugary secretion workers usually rely on from the larvae, much as it does near Barons Court, where mansion blocks and terraced streets between Hammersmith and West Kensington. With that supply gone, workers turn to finding sugar themselves, so bins and drinks become a magnet, and it's also the worst time of year to disturb a nest, as anyone near Barons Court will recognise, where mansion blocks and terraced streets between Hammersmith and West Kensington.
Booking wasp nest removal in Hammersmith and Fulham
A standard wasp nest removal in Hammersmith and Fulham is a £90 fixed price, guaranteed: if the nest is still active within 30 days we come back at no extra cost, and that applies equally whether the nest turns up near Hammersmith - where dense streets and mansion blocks near the river - or anywhere else nearby, so book wasp nest removal and tell us roughly where the entrance is, with the full terms on the Hammersmith and Fulham wasp nest removal page.
