Lord Michael Thorncroft's Country Estate is a financial liability and society no longer values the landed classes: times have changed and so must he. He also needs money to fund his drug habit. Now is the time to sell his Estate. For Dougy Browning, Company Land Manager at Steeleye Homes (South East) Ltd this offers the opportunity to build a new town and to generate an impressive profit his company and a substantial return 'on the side' for himself. But for Tim, a junior employee at Steeleye, and Theresa, a wildlife conservation officer, this is a travesty that cannot be allowed to happen. Set in late 1980s England, The Badger Wood is a web of everyday greed, ambition and the desires of ordinary people... and their effects on the countryside and the growing affection of a young man and woman for each other.