Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north shore of the Bristol Channel roughly 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with tourist attractions including several coastlines the reanimated Barry Island Pleasure Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 estimate information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third biggest community in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a tiny town, Barry has actually absorbed its larger neighbouring towns of Cadoxton and also Barry Island, and also now, Sully. It expanded significantly from the 1880s with the growth of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port worldwide. The location was possibly called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and also house to Barry Community United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as just Pontypridd Road within the community still is, and also the roadway from Highlight Park right through the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as past Cardiff International Airport it still is. Given that the 1970s, parts of these roads are phoned number A4226, with the result that the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in three directions. The town is usually related to Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a service that assisted over 200 steam engines survive right into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a manufacturing community and also as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks as well as the adjacent enterprise zone develop the largest employment centre in the town. The docks, whose road web links were significantly enhanced with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have straight road gain access to with the M4 motorway. The anchors can manage vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes as well as the top-notch tidal placement near the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, permits arranged cruisings. With its transportation sheds, storage facilities and also open storage, the docks are equipped to deal with bulk cargoes however with the scrapping of their previous electric cranes, ships' own derricks have to be made use of or cranes worked with in by ABP as needed. Two roll on/roll off berths are readily available and have been used by routes to Ireland as well as West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight traffic is being operated from No. 2 Dock. With a brand-new visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and the arrangement of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing and rowboat sailing is readily available (2016 ). The majority of commercial companies lie in the dock area. The largest are the chemical producing worries such as Cabot Carbon and Dow Corning who not long ago finished the development of the largest silicones plant in Europe. Other major employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and Engineering, Bumnelly, as well as Associated British Ports Holdings that, since 1982 have actually run the anchors as followers to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a large location of open space, with woodlands, streams, and also accessibility to a pebbly beach. In the park is the former Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 curved spans standing 110 feet high. Complying with the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to guests between Barry and Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 and for the majority of its 19 miles, gives a scenic view and also link to Llantwit Major and beyond to Bridgend.