Walking in Watt's footsteps in Birmingham

James Watt spent half his life in the Birmingham area.

In 2019, a new walking guide was produced to highlight some of the sites associated with James Watt.

Download a PDF here: j.mp/watt-birm-guide

In this episode, we travel to Birmingham to visit places linked with James Watt – two churches, the home of his business partner Matthew Boulton and the impressive home of his son, James Watt Jnr.

James Jnr is widely credited with the widespread memorialisation – and hero worship – of James Watt.

With thanks to

ASTON HALL, SOHO HOUSE, ST PAUL’S CHURCH and ST. MARY’S CHURCH, HANDSWORTH

Music in this podcast: Excerpt from Prelude in C (BWV 846) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/