Traditional county: Cornwall · Region: South West
Explore Balwest, Cornwall with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balwest map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Balwest |
| Traditional County | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.120798 |
| Longitude | -5.364995 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Balwest dreams in the Cornish landscape, a collection of stone and quietude. It lies 6.8 km west-north-west of Helston (from Helston: bearing 289°T, OS grid SW 595 299), and is situated north of Tresowes Green village. The air here, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant gorse, seems to hold the memory of generations who have worked this soil, their lives as steady and enduring as the granite farmhouses that dot the fields. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls with a soft, honeyed quality on the clustered cottages, highlighting the moss that clings to ancient walls. Balwest offers a sense of enduring peace, a place where the passing of seasons is the dominant rhythm, a gentle counterpoint to the wider world. The lanes that wind through this small corner of Cornwall invite contemplation, each bend revealing another vista of rolling green, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of the land.
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Explore Balwest, Cornwall, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.120798, -5.364995. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |