Botany Bay is a small hamlet in south Derbyshire near Linton and Coton in the Elms in the National Forest (grid reference SK259154).

Unlike the nearby town of Melbourne, Botany Bay does not appear to have a common source with its better known Australian namesake.

[2] The low water line at Fosdyke, on the edge of The Wash in Lincolnshire, is around 70 miles (110 kilometres) away.

The initiative was designed to expand the nearby National Forest and regenerate the historical wildflower and woodland environment in the area.

[3] Media related to Botany Bay, Derbyshire at Wikimedia Commons