Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coastline of the Bristol Channel roughly 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with tourist attractions consisting of several coastlines the reanimated Barry Island Enjoyment Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 quote data, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third biggest community in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. When a tiny town, Barry has absorbed its larger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and also Barry Island, as well as currently, Sully. It grew dramatically from the 1880s with the development of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port in the world. The area was potentially called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and home to Barry Town United F.C. The road from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as just Pontypridd Road within the community still is, and also the road from Emphasize Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as past Cardiff International Airport terminal it still is. Because the 1970s, parts of these roadways are numbered A4226, with the result that the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 directions. The town is often connected with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a company that assisted over 200 steam locomotives survive right into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is even more of a manufacturing town and also as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjoining enterprise zone develop the biggest work centre in the community. The docks, whose roadway web links were significantly enhanced with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have straight road access with the M4 motorway. The anchors can deal with vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes and the excellent tidal position near to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, enables set up sailings. With its transportation sheds, storage facilities as well as open storage space, the anchors are outfitted to handle mass freights however with the junking of their previous electric cranes, ships' very own derricks need 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 made use of by paths to Ireland as well as West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight website traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a brand-new existence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and also the stipulation of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing as well as rowboat cruising is offered (2016 ). The majority of industrial firms lie in the dock location. The biggest are the chemical creating problems such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who not long ago finished the development of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Various other major employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding as well as Design, Bumnelly, and Associated British Ports Holdings that, 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 big area of open space, with timberlands, streams, as well as accessibility to a pebbly beach. In the park is the previous Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 arched spans standing 110 ft high. Complying with the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to passengers in between Barry and also Bridgend in 1964, it was resumed on 10 June 2005 as well as for a lot of its 19 miles, provides a scenic view and link to Llantwit Major and also past to Bridgend.