Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions consisting of numerous coastlines the resurrected Barry Island Pleasure 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 as well as Merthyr Tydfil. Once a tiny town, Barry has absorbed its bigger adjoining villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island, as well as currently, Sully. It expanded substantially from the 1880s with the development of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port in the world. The place was perhaps named after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as house to Barry Town United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the town still is, and the roadway from Highlight Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Airport it still is. Given that the 1970s, parts of these roadways are phoned number A4226, so the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 instructions. The town is usually associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a company that helped over 200 steam engines survive right into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production community and as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjacent industrial area form the biggest work centre in the community. The anchors, whose roadway web links were drastically enhanced with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have direct road accessibility with the M4 motorway. The docks can manage vessels approximately 23,000 tonnes and also the first-class tidal setting near to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, enables scheduled sailings. With its transit sheds, stockrooms and open storage space, the anchors are outfitted to handle bulk freights however with the junking of their previous electric cranes, ships' very own derricks need to be made use of or cranes hired in by ABP as needed. Two roll on/roll off berths are offered as well as have been made use of by paths to Ireland and West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight web traffic is being operated from No. 2 Dock. With a brand-new visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and the provision of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing and rowboat sailing is available (2016 ). Most of commercial companies lie in the dock area. The largest are the chemical generating worries such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who not long ago finished 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, as well as Associated British Ports Holdings that, considering that 1982 have actually run the anchors as successors to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a large location of open space, with timberlands, streams, as well as access to a pebbly coastline. In the park is the previous Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 curved periods standing 110 feet 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 the majority of its 19 miles, supplies a scenic view and also link to Llantwit Major and also beyond to Bridgend.