Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coastline of the Bristol Network approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with tourist attractions consisting of a number of beaches the reanimated Barry Island Satisfaction 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 also Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a tiny town, Barry has absorbed its bigger neighbouring towns of Cadoxton as well as Barry Island, and also currently, Sully. It grew dramatically from the 1880s with the development of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the biggest coal port worldwide. The place was possibly named after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as residence to Barry Community United F.C. The road from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as just Pontypridd Road within the town still is, as well as the road from Emphasize 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 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 directions. The community is frequently connected with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a business that aided over 200 steam engines make it through into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is even 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 develop the biggest work centre in the town. The anchors, whose road links were significantly enhanced with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have direct roadway gain access to with the M4 freeway. The anchors can deal with vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes and also the superior tidal setting near the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, enables set up cruisings. With its transportation sheds, storehouses and also open storage, the anchors are geared up to manage mass cargoes however with the ditching of their former electrical cranes, ships' very own derricks have to be made use of or cranes hired in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are readily available as well as have been made use of 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 visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and also the arrangement of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing and also dinghy cruising is offered (2016 ). Most of commercial firms are located in the dock area. The largest are the chemical creating problems such as Cabot Carbon as well as Dow Corning who not long ago completed the development of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Various other main companies in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and also Engineering, Bumnelly, as well as Associated British Ports Holdings that, since 1982 have run the anchors 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 forests, streams, and also accessibility to a pebbly coastline. In the park is the previous Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 arched periods standing 110 ft high. Complying with 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 also for most of its 19 miles, supplies a scenic view and also link to Llantwit Major and also beyond to Bridgend.