Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coastline of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with tourist attractions consisting of numerous beaches the resurrected Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 quote information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third largest town in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. Once a small town, Barry has actually absorbed its bigger adjoining towns of Cadoxton as well as Barry Island, as well as now, Sully. It expanded substantially from the 1880s with the growth of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the biggest coal port in the world. The area was possibly called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the management centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as residence to Barry Community United F.C. The road from Bonvilston was initially the B4266, as just Pontypridd Road within the community still is, and also the roadway from Highlight Park right through the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Flight terminal it still is. Since the 1970s, parts of these roadways are phoned number A4226, with the result that the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 directions. The community is often associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, an organisation that helped over 200 steam engines survive into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production community and as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjoining industrial area create the largest employment centre in the community. The docks, whose road web links were significantly boosted with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have direct roadway gain access to with the M4 motorway. The docks can deal with vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes as well as the top-notch tidal placement close to the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, permits scheduled sailings. With its transit sheds, storehouses as well as open storage, the docks are geared up to handle mass freights yet with the junking of their previous electrical cranes, ships' own derricks have to be made use of or cranes employed in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are offered and also have actually been used by routes to Ireland and also West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight website traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a new existence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock as well as the provision of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing and rowboat sailing is available (2016 ). Most of commercial firms are located in the dock location. The largest are the chemical creating worries such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who recently finished the development of the largest silicones plant in Europe. Various other primary employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding as well as Design, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings who, considering that 1982 have run the docks as successors to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a large area of open space, with woodlands, streams, and access to a pebbly beach. In the park is the former Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 curved periods standing 110 ft high. Following the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to guests in between Barry as well as Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 as well as for the majority of its 19 miles, gives a scenic view and also link to Llantwit Major and also beyond to Bridgend.