Botany Bay, London

Botany Bay, London

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Botany Bay
london_borough= Enfield
constituency_westminster= Enfield North
post_town= ENFIELD
postcode_district = EN2
postcode_area= EN
dial_code= 020
os_grid_reference= TQ297992
latitude= 51.6765
longitude= -0.1232

Botany Bay is a hamlet in the northern outskirts of Greater London, and forms part of the London Borough of Enfield, located on the Ridgeway. It is unusual as it is not located on a bay or anywhere near the sea. The reason it is so named is that, at one time a royal hunting lodge existed in the region but the journey from the Royal Court to what was then open countryside was a long and difficult one. A courtier mentioned that 'one might as well be going to Botany Bay' and the name stuck.

It has a population of about 200.








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