Watt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James ...

s is plural for ''watt'', the unit of power. Watts may also refer to:

People

Watts (surname) Watts is a surname, and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Alaric Alexander Watts, British poet and journalist * Caroline Watts, British artist * Danièle Watts, American actress * David G. Watts, British game designer * George Frederic W ...

, list of people with the surname Watts

Fictional characters

*Watts, main character in the film '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' *

Watts family The Watts family are a fictional family in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. The family consists of Den Watts, Den (Leslie Grantham), Angie Watts, Angie (Anita Dobson), Sharon Watts, Sharon (Letitia Dean), Dennis Rickman, Dennis (Nigel Harman ...

, six characters in the TV series ''EastEnders'' * Curly Watts, in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Peter Watts, in the TV series ''Millennium'' * Raquel Watts, in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *Wade Owen Watts, protagonist in the novel ''

Ready Player One ''Ready Player One'' is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality gam ...

'' and its film adaption.

Places

United Kingdom

Watts Bank Watts Bank is a nature reserve south of Lambourn in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. It is designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest as White Shute. Watts Bank is a s ...

, a nature reserve in Berkshire, England. * Watts Hill, Dorset, England. *

Watts Mortuary Chapel The Watts Cemetery Chapel or Watts Mortuary Chapel is a chapel in an Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) version of Celtic Revival in the village cemetery of Compton in Surrey. While the overall architectural structure is loosely Romanes ...

, Surrey, England *

Watts Naval School Watts Naval School was originally the Norfolk County School, a boarding school set up to serve the educational needs of the 'sons of farmers and artisans'. The school was later operated by Dr Barnardo's until closure in 1953. History Norfolk C ...

, Norfolk, England *

Watts Warehouse Watts Warehouse is a large, ornate Victorian Grade II* listed building standing on Portland Street in the centre of Manchester, England. It opened in 1856 as a textile warehouse for the wholesale drapery business of S & J Watts, and was the la ...

, Manchester, England

United States

* Watts, Los Angeles, California, a city district **

Watts, California Watts, California, was a city of the sixth class that existed in Los Angeles County, California, between 1907 and 1926, when it was consolidated with the City of Los Angeles and became one of the neighborhoods in the southern part of that city. ...

, former city that was supplanted by Watts, Los Angeles **

Watts Station Watts Station is a train station built in 1904 in Watts, Los Angeles, California. It was one of the first buildings in Watts, and for many years, it was a major stop for the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Car" service between Los Angeles and Lo ...

, historic train station in Watts, Los Angeles **

Watts Towers The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or ''Nuestro Pueblo'' ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artis ...

, 17 sculptural towers in Watts, Los Angeles *

Watts, Oklahoma Watts is a town in northern Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for John Watts, also known as Young Tassel, a Chickamauga Cherokee chief, who died in 1802.Hagan, Phyllis. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Watts." ...

* Watts, Virginia *

Watts Bar Lake Watts Bar Lake is a reservoir on the Tennessee River created by Watts Bar Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority system. Geography Located in the U.S. state of Tennessee about midway between the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville, the l ...

, Tennessee *

Watts Branch (Anacostia River) Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Anacostia River in Prince George's County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Course The headwaters of the stream originate in the Capitol Heights area of Prince George's County, and the branch flows rough ...

, a tributary of the Anacostia in Maryland and the District of Columbia * Watts Branch (Potomac River), a tributary of the Potomac in Maryland *

Watts Building (Birmingham, Alabama) Watts Building in Birmingham, Alabama, is an Art Deco building built in 1927. ''See also:'' It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's ...

, on the National Register of Historic Places *

Watts Community, Oklahoma Watts Community is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 500 at the 2000 census. The community was not recorded as a CDP in 2010. Geography The Watts Community CDP was located at (36 ...

Watts Hospital Watts Hospital, located in Durham, North Carolina was the city's first hospital, operating between 1895 and 1976. The hospital opened in 1895, funded entirely by George W. Watts, as a private, 22-bed, modern hospital dedicated to the care of Dur ...

, the first hospital in Durham, North Carolina *

Watts Island Light The Watts Island Light was a historic lighthouse located near Watts Island in the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only lighthouse built by John Donahoo outside of Maryland. History The island on which this light stood was originally called Little Watt ...

, a lighthouse in Chesapeake Bay *

Watts Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania Watts Township is a township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,231 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.0 square miles (31.0 km2), ...

In space

1798 Watts 1798 Watts, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 April 1949, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link O ...

, an asteroid *

Watts (crater) Watts is a small lunar impact crater that is located at the extreme northern edge of the Mare Fecunditatis. It was named after American astronomer Chester Burleigh Watts. Just one crater diameter to the northwest is the irregular da Vinci. Farth ...

, on the Moon

In other places

Watts River The Watts River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip and Western Port catchment, located in the Healesville area, in the Central region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Watts River rises below Mount Vinegar ...

, Victoria, Australia * Watts Point, British Columbia, Canada

Businesses and organizations

* Watts & Co., an English architecture and interior design company founded in 1874 *

Watts Gallery Watts Gallery – Artists' Village is an art gallery in the village of Compton, near Guildford in Surrey. It is dedicated to the work of the Victorian-era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts. The gallery has been Grade II* listed o ...

, an art gallery in Surrey, England *

Watts Line The Watts Line was a local line of the Pacific Electric Railway that operated between the Pacific Electric Building in Downtown Los Angeles and the Watts Station at 103rd Street in Watts. It was the primary local service for the Southern District, ...

, former rail line in Los Angeles, California

Other uses

* USS ''Watts'' (DD-567), a U.S. Navy destroyer * Watt's drill, a drill bit that is a type of

mortiser A mortiser or morticer is a specialized woodworking machine used to cut square or rectangular holes in a piece of lumber (timber), such as a mortise in a mortise and tenon joint. Square chisel mortiser The square chisel mortiser (also called '' ...

Watts family murders In the early hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, American oil field operator Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) murdered his pregnant wife Shanann (34) by strangulation, and their two children Bella (4) and Celeste (3) by sm ...

Watt's linkage In kinematics, Watt's linkage (also known as the parallel linkage) is a type of mechanical linkage invented by James Watt in which the central moving point of the linkage is constrained to travel on a nearly straight line. It was described i ...

, mechanical linkage invented by James Watt * Watts riots, a 1965 civil disturbance in Watts, Los Angeles *

Watts truce The Watts truce was a 1992 peace agreement among rival street gangs in Los Angeles, California, declared in the neighborhood of Watts. The truce was reached just days before the 1992 Los Angeles riots and, although not universally adhered to, was ...

, a 1992 peace agreement among rival street gangs in Watts, Los Angeles