Botany Bay, London

Botany Bay
Botany Bay Chapel
Botany Bay
Botany Bay shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ297992
London borough	Enfield
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ENFIELD
Postcode district	EN2
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Enfield North
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey

Botany Bay is a hamlet on the northern outskirts of the London Borough of Enfield. It has a population close to 200. The hamlet is centred at The Ridgeway - the road that links Enfield to Potters Bar and the M25 motorway. Enfield Chase lies to the south and west. It is about a mile from the railway station at Crews Hill.

It came into being when the Chase was enclosed in 1777^[1] and was recorded as Botany Bay on C.G. Greenwood's map of 1819. Its remoteness from other settlements probably explains its name, as a facetious reference to Botany Bay in Australia.^[2] As there are places called Botany Bay dotted all over England, an alternative explanation is that these were originally staging points for convicts destined for transportation.

Amenities

Farmland at Botany Bay

The village has a public house, a farm with a well stocked shop.

Demography

Botany Bay is part of the large Chase ward, which also covers Crews Hill, Clay Hill and Bulls Cross. The 2011 census showed that 77% of the ward's population was white (64% British, 11% Other, 2% Irish). 5% was Black African and 3% Black Caribbean.^[3]

References

↑ Russ Willey (2006) Chambers London Gazetteer
↑ Mills. A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p26 ISBN 0-19-860957-4 Retrieved 23 October 2008
↑ http://www.ukcensusdata.com/chase-e05000195

London Borough of Enfield
Districts	Arnos Grove Botany Bay Bowes Park Brimsdown Bulls Cross Bullsmoor Bush Hill Park Chase Side Clay Hill Cockfosters Crews Hill Edmonton Enfield Chase Enfield Highway Enfield Island Village Enfield Lock Enfield Town Enfield Wash Forty Hill Freezywater Gordon Hill Grange Park Hadley Wood New Southgate Oakwood Palmers Green Picketts Lock Ponders End Southgate Upper Edmonton Winchmore Hill World's End
Attractions	Forty Hall and Gardens Millfield Theatre and Arts Centre Capel Manor Myddelton House Gardens Chickenshed Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Whitewebbs Museum of Transport Royal Small Arms Factory Interpretation Centre
Parks and open spaces	Arnos Park Broomfield Park Durants Park Grovelands Park Oakwood Park Pymmes Park Trent Country Park Whitewebbs Park
Constituencies	Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate
Tube and rail stations	Angel Road Arnos Grove Brimsdown Bush Hill Park Cockfosters Crews Hill Edmonton Green Enfield Chase Enfield Lock Enfield Town Gordon Hill Grange Park Hadley Wood Oakwood Palmers Green Ponders End Silver Street Southbury Southgate Turkey Street Winchmore Hill
Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Public transport Schools

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