[2] Bride parish is part of the Ayre & Michael constituency, which elects two Members to the House of Keys.

The parish has the highest proportion of Manx Gaelic speakers on the island (4.49%), according to the 2011 census.

There is a range of sandhills crossing the parish from west to Point Cranstal (not actually a point) in the east, from which a good view may be obtained of the Manx mountains as well as of the Scottish and Cumbrian mountains (with the Solway Firth in between).

The first Isle of Man submarine telegraph cable to the mainland was laid from Cranstal to St Bees on the Cumberland coast in 1859.

Due to damage from tidal currents the cable was later moved to Port Cornaa.