Spring Gardens

<p>Spring Gardens is a <a href="/facts/Dead_end_(street)/rACPttCC">dead-end street</a> at the south east extreme of <a href="/facts/St._James%2527s/P88sb6bU">St. James's</a>, London, England, that crosses the east end of <a href="/facts/The_Mall_(London)/35WoQRXB">The Mall</a> between <a href="/facts/Admiralty_Arch/n1nRJ5FN">Admiralty Arch</a> and <a href="/facts/Trafalgar_Square/qpfN8hMX">Trafalgar Square</a>. Part of the old liberty of <a href="/facts/Westminster/fpfm7LnR">Westminster</a> and the current <a href="/facts/City_of_Westminster/8pvuYHq2">City of Westminster</a>, it abuts <a href="/facts/Whitehall/0GnuK4zH">Whitehall</a>, <a href="/facts/Horse_Guards_Parade/XLexq2Mr">Horse Guards Parade</a>, <a href="/facts/Green_Park%2c_London/p3mGFPTf">Green Park</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Charing_Cross/dU2pG5yQ">Charing Cross</a>/Strand/Trafalgar Square locality.
</p><p>It is named after the gardens that stood here. These featured a decorative <a href="/facts/Fountain/sgWXEM1L">fountain</a> in the time of <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_I/5cT5QrWj">Elizabeth I</a> that was set in motion by passers-by treading on hidden machinery, knowingly or unknowingly. Mostly Victorian buildings have been built lining the street.
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Spring Gardens