Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Network about 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including several coastlines the reanimated Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 estimate information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third biggest community in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a small village, Barry has actually absorbed its bigger adjoining towns of Cadoxton as well as Barry Island, and currently, Sully. It expanded significantly from the 1880s with the growth of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port worldwide. The place was perhaps named after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and also house to Barry Community United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was initially the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the community still is, as well as the roadway from Highlight Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Airport it still is. Because the 1970s, parts of these roadways are phoned number A4226, so the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in three instructions. The community is often related to Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a service that helped over 200 steam locomotives endure into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production community and also as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjacent industrial area form the largest employment centre in the community. The docks, whose roadway web links were substantially boosted with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have direct road gain access to with the M4 freeway. The anchors can deal with vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes and also the top-notch tidal position near the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, enables arranged cruisings. With its transportation sheds, storage facilities as well as open storage, the docks are geared up to deal with bulk cargoes yet with the scrapping 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 as well as have actually been made use of by courses to Ireland and West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a new visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and also the provision of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing as well as dinghy cruising is available (2016 ). The majority of commercial companies lie in the dock location. The largest are the chemical creating problems such as Cabot Carbon and Dow Corning that recently completed the growth of the largest silicones plant in Europe. Other major companies in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and also Engineering, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings that, since 1982 have actually run the docks as successors to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a big 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 arched spans standing 110 ft high. Adhering to the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to guests between Barry and Bridgend in 1964, it was resumed on 10 June 2005 and for most of its 19 miles, supplies a panorama and link to Llantwit Major as well as past to Bridgend.