Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with tourist attractions consisting of several coastlines the resurrected Barry Island Enjoyment Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 price quote information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third largest town in Wales, after Wrexham and Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a tiny village, Barry has actually absorbed its larger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton as well as Barry Island, and currently, Sully. It grew significantly 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 management centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as house to Barry Community United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was initially the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the town still is, and the road from Emphasize Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as past Cardiff International Airport it still is. Because the 1970s, parts of these roads are numbered A4226, so the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 directions. The town is typically connected with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, an organisation that aided over 200 steam engines make it through right into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production community and as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and the adjacent industrial park create the biggest employment centre in the community. The docks, whose road links were significantly boosted with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have direct road gain access to with the M4 freeway. The anchors can take care of vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes and the excellent tidal setting near the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, enables arranged sailings. With its transit sheds, storehouses and open storage space, the docks are equipped to deal with bulk cargoes however with the junking of their former electric cranes, ships' own derricks have to be made use of or cranes worked with in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are available as well as have been made use of by courses to Ireland and also West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a new visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and also the provision of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing as well as rowboat sailing is offered (2016 ). The majority of commercial firms are located in the dock location. The biggest are the chemical generating issues such as Cabot Carbon and Dow Corning that recently completed the advancement of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Other main companies in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding as well as Design, Bumnelly, and Associated British Ports Holdings who, considering that 1982 have run the docks as successors to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a large area of open space, with timberlands, 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 travelers in between Barry and Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 and for a lot of its 19 miles, offers a panorama and link to Llantwit Major and also past to Bridgend.