Gwavas

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Gwavas is a residential council estate on the outskirts of Newlyn, Cornwall. Completed by the Penzance borough council in 1937 following limited slum clearance in the harbour area of Newlyn - the slum clearance program was intended to be much larger, however many houses were saved following the famous Rosebud Campaign [1]. Gwavas is named after the Gwavas lake which an area of relatively calm water that is situated outside of the current harbour area of Newlyn. Situated on a extreme hill ^{[citation needed]} Gwavas contributes to the much of the Penzance South Ward's high standing on the UK governments index of deprivation ^{[citation needed]}. Most housing stock are now in the ownership of Penwith housing association following the sale of Penwith council housing stock in 1994.