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Balwest (Cornish: Bal West, meaning Western mine) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Germoe[1] in west Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom.[2]

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 (see also Geology of Cornwall).

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was opened at Balwest in 1829 for miners.[3] The building is Grade II listed.

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  1. ^ "Cornwall Council interactive mapping". Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010. Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  3. ^ [1] GENUKI website: Germoe. Retrieved May 2010
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