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Botany Bay Wood

Photograph at the Botany Bay Wood blue plaque

Botany Bay Wood on nearby Chat Moss is the largest woodland in Greater Manchester and the largest heronry in the North West of England. Herons can often be spotted along the canal. Workmen christened the remote area Botany Bay as it felt as if they were exiled to the Australian prison colony.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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