Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north shore of the Bristol Network approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with destinations including numerous coastlines the resurrected Barry Island Enjoyment Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 estimate information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the 3rd largest community in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. When a tiny village, Barry has actually absorbed its larger neighbouring towns of Cadoxton as well as Barry Island, and also now, Sully. It grew significantly from the 1880s with the advancement of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port in the world. The area was possibly called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and also residence to Barry Community United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as just Pontypridd Road within the town still is, as well as the roadway from Highlight Park right through the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as past Cardiff International Airport it still is. Considering that the 1970s, parts of these roadways are numbered A4226, so the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in three directions. The town is frequently associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a service that helped over 200 steam engines make it through into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a manufacturing community and also as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjacent industrial area develop the biggest employment centre in the community. The docks, whose roadway web links were considerably improved with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have straight roadway gain access to with the M4 motorway. The anchors can handle vessels up to 23,000 tonnes as well as the first-rate tidal placement near the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, allows for set up sailings. With its transportation sheds, stockrooms and open storage, the docks are equipped to take care of mass freights but with the ditching of their former electric cranes, ships' own derricks need to be used or cranes employed in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are available and also have actually been used by routes to Ireland and also West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight website traffic is being operated from No. 2 Dock. With a new visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and the provision of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing as well as dinghy sailing is offered (2016 ). Most of commercial firms are located in the dock location. The biggest are the chemical generating issues such as Cabot Carbon and Dow Corning that not long ago finished the growth of the largest silicones plant in Europe. Various other primary employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding as well as Engineering, Bumnelly, and Associated British Ports Holdings that, considering that 1982 have run the anchors 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 also accessibility to a pebbly beach. In the park is the previous Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 arched periods standing 110 ft high. Following the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to passengers in between Barry and Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 as well as for the majority of its 19 miles, gives a panorama and also link to Llantwit Major and past to Bridgend.