Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Network around 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions consisting of several beaches the reanimated Barry Island Satisfaction Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 quote information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third biggest town in Wales, after Wrexham and also Merthyr Tydfil. When a small village, Barry has absorbed its larger neighbouring towns of Cadoxton and also Barry Island, and currently, Sully. It expanded considerably from the 1880s with the advancement of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port in the world. The place was possibly named after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and also residence to Barry Town United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the community still is, and the roadway from Highlight Park right through the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Airport terminal it still is. Given that the 1970s, parts of these roads are numbered A4226, so the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 instructions. The community is usually associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, an organisation that assisted over 200 steam engines survive right into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a manufacturing community and as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjoining enterprise zone form the largest work centre in the community. The anchors, whose roadway web links were dramatically enhanced with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have direct roadway gain access to with the M4 freeway. The docks can manage vessels up to 23,000 tonnes and also the top-notch tidal position near to the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, enables scheduled cruisings. With its transit sheds, storehouses and also open storage, the docks are furnished to manage bulk cargoes but with the junking of their previous electrical cranes, ships' own derricks need to be used or cranes hired in by ABP as needed. 2 roll on/roll off berths are readily available and also have actually been used by paths to Ireland and West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight web traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a new existence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and also the stipulation of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing and dinghy cruising is readily available (2016 ). Most of industrial firms lie in the dock area. The largest are the chemical producing concerns such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning that recently completed the advancement of the largest silicones plant in Europe. Other major companies in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and Engineering, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings that, considering that 1982 have actually run the docks as followers to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a huge area of open space, with timberlands, streams, as well as access to a pebbly coastline. 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 travelers between Barry as well as Bridgend in 1964, it was resumed on 10 June 2005 as well as for most of its 19 miles, supplies a scenic view as well as link to Llantwit Major as well as beyond to Bridgend.
