Bardsea sits on the other side of Birkrigg Common to Urswick and Stainton villages, dropping down towards the coast. It was a small fishing and farming village, well into the 19th Century. The village is served by an excellent pub, The Ship, popular with locals and visitors alike. It provides B&B accommodation and serves good food, with Katie the landlady welcoming to all.
Bardsea village is draped across the western side of a distinctly contoured drumlin, the summit of which is the location for the village’s 1853 Holy Trinity church. By-passed by the A5087 road, which provides the coastal route alongside Morecambe Bay between Ulverston and Barrow in Furness, Bardsea enjoys an appreciably lower volume of through traffic than the other villages in the parish.
The area around Bardsea is blessed with the largest concentrations of mature trees to be seen throughout rural Low Furness, notwithstanding that the magnificent ancient woodland of Sea Wood is actually in the neighbouring parish of Aldingham.
Bardsea is a truly delightful small village, which in company with the nearby hamlets of Bardsea Green and Well House possesses a peaceful ambience not easily found in modern times. Whilst being surrounded by agriculture, the village no longer has a working farm within its boundary. A small industrial site between the village and the coast does not impinge on either the amenity of the village or the aesthetic of the coast. On the northern boundary of the village is to be found Ulverston Golf Club, the fairways of which provide wonderful views across the surrounding countryside and Morecambe Bay.