Barbon is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England.

The A683 road passes to the west of the village between Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh.

The village has been within the Yorkshire Dales National Park since 1 August 2016.

The village was the childhood home of the poet Catherine Grace Godwin who died here in 1845.

[4] A family history study, written in 1913, says, "The Hardys of Barbon, and some other Westmoreland Statesmen : Their Kith, Kin and Childer" followed their family history in Barbon from the 16th century until the late 19th century.