Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coastline of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with destinations including a number of coastlines the reanimated Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 estimate data, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the 3rd largest town in Wales, after Wrexham and Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a little town, Barry has actually absorbed its bigger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and also Barry Island, and currently, Sully. It expanded significantly from the 1880s with the advancement of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port on the planet. The location was possibly called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the management centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as residence to Barry Town United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was initially the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the community still is, as well as the road from Emphasize Park right through the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Flight terminal it still is. Given that the 1970s, parts of these roads are phoned number A4226, with the result that the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in three instructions. The community is usually associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a company that helped over 200 steam locomotives endure into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is even more of a production town and as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks as well as the adjacent industrial park form the largest work centre in the town. The anchors, whose road web links were significantly improved with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have direct roadway access with the M4 motorway. The docks can deal with vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes and also the top-notch tidal position near to the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, enables arranged cruisings. With its transportation sheds, storage facilities and open storage space, the docks are outfitted to deal with bulk freights but with the junking of their former electric cranes, ships' own derricks have to be used or cranes employed in by ABP as needed. 2 roll on/roll off berths are offered as well as have actually been used by courses to Ireland as well as West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a new presence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and also the arrangement of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing and also rowboat sailing is offered (2016 ). The majority of industrial firms lie in the dock area. The biggest are the chemical creating issues such as Cabot Carbon as well as 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 Design, Bumnelly, as well as Associated British Ports Holdings who, 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, as well as access to a pebbly beach. In the park is the former Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 curved spans standing 110 ft high. Complying with the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to passengers in between Barry and Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 and for the majority of its 19 miles, gives a scenic view and link to Llantwit Major as well as past to Bridgend.