Not sure where the badgers come from, but there's lots of long gardens behind ours (where the levitating tent still floats) that are mostly unused as they are long and steep and belong to houses at the bottom of the valley. Presumably, there's a sett back there somewhere.
It's quite nice though, we don't even live anywhere rural, it's suburban Surrey commuter belt.
The fox takes a nap in the middle of the lawn most days, retreating under the summer house other times. The cats sort of my notice it, but mostly they give each other a wide berth.