James Watt Street
James Watt Street is a memorial in Glasgow City, Scotland. James Watt Street is situated nearby to the office building 1 Atlantic Square, as well as near Tradeston Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glasgow Central Station and 1 Atlantic Square.
Glasgow Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Robinson3048, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasgow Central, usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station, is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow Central Station is situated 1,200 feet east of James Watt Street.
1 Atlantic Square
Office building
1 Atlantic Square is a high-rise office building located at Atlantic Square within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is currently the Scottish headquarters of HM Revenue and Customs and Second headquarters of the Cabinet Office, and is one of two buildings located at Atlantic Square, with the smaller 2 Atlantic Square, a 7-storey office building, situated next to the building.
Tradeston Bridge
Bridge
Photo: George Gastin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tradeston Bridge, also known locally as the Squiggly Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge across the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland which opened on 14 May 2009. Tradeston Bridge is situated 630 feet south of James Watt Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tradeston and Blythswood Hill.
Tradeston
Suburb
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tradeston is a small district in the Scottish city of Glasgow adjacent to the city centre on the south bank of the River Clyde. The name reflected its role as a primarily dockland area with a large number of warehouses and wharves along the riverside were vessels would be unloaded.
Blythswood Hill
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blythswood Hill, crowned by Blythswood Square, is an area of central Glasgow, Scotland. Its grid of streets extend from the length of the west side of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, and to Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill.
Anderston
Suburb
Photo: Tomek Augustyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anderston is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the north bank of the River Clyde and forms the south western edge of the city centre. Established as a village of handloom weavers in the early 18th century, Anderston was an independent burgh of barony from 1824 until it was incorporated into the City of Glasgow in 1846.
James Watt Street
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Named after the inventor of the steam engine who had a house and workshop on this street”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.85782° or 55° 51′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.26392° or 4° 15′ 50″ westInception
2005Open location code
9C7QVP5P+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 4812157091OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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