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pivotal scene from the hit Regency-inspired Netflix show transports viewers to the glittering and heady Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens of the early 19th century for an outdoor ball. Pleasure gardens such as this spectacular example were one of London’s most significant leisure innovations of the time. Laid out as formal gardens, with shrubberies and miniature waterways, they were dedicated outdoor spaces for eating and drinking, operas, masquerades, illuminations and were also the places to see the latest in art and design or ‘promenade’ with
