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Coordinates: 51°40′35″N 0°07′24″W / 51.6765, -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.
