Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coastline of the Bristol Network about 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with destinations including a number of coastlines the resurrected Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 estimate information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the 3rd largest town in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a small town, Barry has absorbed its bigger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island, and also currently, Sully. It grew substantially from the 1880s with the growth of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port worldwide. The place was possibly called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and house to Barry Town United F.C. The road from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the town still is, as well as the road from Emphasize Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as past Cardiff International Flight terminal it still is. Since the 1970s, parts of these roads are phoned number A4226, with the result that the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 directions. The community is typically related to Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a service that aided over 200 steam engines make it through right into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production town and also as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks as well as the adjoining industrial area create the largest work centre in the community. The docks, whose road links were substantially improved with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have straight roadway gain access to with the M4 motorway. The docks can deal with vessels up to 23,000 tonnes and also the superior tidal position near to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, permits set up sailings. With its transit sheds, stockrooms as well as open storage space, the docks are equipped to take care of bulk cargoes however with the ditching of their former electric cranes, ships' own derricks need to be made use of or cranes worked with in by ABP as needed. Two roll on/roll off berths are available as well as have been used by courses to Ireland and also West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight website traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a new presence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and the stipulation of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing as well as dinghy cruising is offered (2016 ). The majority of industrial firms lie in the dock area. The biggest 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 major employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and also Design, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings who, 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 forests, streams, as well as accessibility to a pebbly coastline. In the park is the previous Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 curved periods standing 110 feet 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 and for a lot of its 19 miles, provides a panorama and also link to Llantwit Major as well as past to Bridgend.