Balwest is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Balwest postcode: TR13 9TE

Retail in Balwest

There are great places to visit near Balwest including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Balwest is near some unmissable hiking areas like Tehidy,

Don't miss Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Balwest.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Balwest if you like towns.

The area around Balwest's best hills can be found at Kit Hill Country Park.

The area around Balwest features a number of interesting villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to Balwest if you like historic buildings.

Airports to visit near Balwest include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Balwest History

There are some historic monuments around Balwest:

• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Trevarnon Round
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• National Explosives
• Medieval wayside cross base, 10m south of Gunwalloe church
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Two round barrows on Pedngwinian Head
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Trevena Cross
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Wayside cross in Gunwalloe churchyard, 0.75m east of the church
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Cliff castle W of Gunwalloe Church
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry