Botany Bay, London
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| Botany Bay | |
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ297992 |
| Latitude: | 51.676548042080356° |
| Longitude: | -0.12323051706940413° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Enfield |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Middlesex (1965) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | ENFIELD |
| Postal district: | EN2 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Enfield North |
| London Assembly: | Enfield and Haringey |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Botany Bay is a village 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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