Balwest lies 6 miles west of Helston and 9 miles east of Penzance, just north of the A394 road at Germoe. Little more than a hamlet now. Balwest was important in the nineteenth century due to its proximity to Great Work Mine.
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The hamlet is on the southern edge of a former mining area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of five granite batholiths in Cornwall) which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore . A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened at Balwest in 1829 for miners. The building is Grade II listed All are most welcome, £2 entry fee for non members on the door, includes tea and biscuits. Society meetings are held in the Sunday school room at Balwest at 7.00pm , usually the last Friday of the month
Program for 2025
October 31st Erection of a Cornish Headframe - Sid Geake
November 28th AGM
December 26th No Meeting
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