| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Wesleyan Chapel, Balwest - geograph.org.uk - 233469.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Balwest Methodist chapel, a Grade II listed building |
| Coordinates: | 50.1208°N -5.3655°W |
| Official Name: | Balwest |
| Shire County: | Cornwall |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | St Ives (UK Parliament constituency) |
| Post Town: | Helston |
| Postcode District: | TR13 |
| Postcode Area: | TR |
| Os Grid Reference: | SW594298 |
Balwest (kw|'''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.