Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coastline of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with destinations including numerous beaches the reanimated Barry Island Enjoyment Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 quote information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the 3rd biggest community in Wales, after Wrexham as well as Merthyr Tydfil. When a little town, Barry has actually absorbed its larger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and also 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 location was possibly named after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and also home to Barry Town United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was initially the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the community still is, and the road from Highlight Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Flight terminal it still is. Since the 1970s, parts of these roadways are phoned number A4226, with the result that the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in 3 directions. The town is typically connected with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a service that assisted over 200 steam locomotives endure into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is even more of a manufacturing community and as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjoining industrial area create the largest work centre in the town. The docks, whose road web links were dramatically enhanced with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have direct road accessibility with the M4 freeway. The docks can take care of vessels approximately 23,000 tonnes as well as the excellent tidal placement near the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, allows for arranged cruisings. With its transit sheds, storage facilities and also open storage, the anchors are outfitted to deal with mass freights but with the junking of their former electrical cranes, ships' own derricks need to be made use of or cranes employed in by ABP as called for. Two roll on/roll off berths are available and have actually been used 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 existence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock as well as the stipulation of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing and also rowboat sailing is readily available (2016 ). Most of commercial firms lie in the dock location. The biggest are the chemical producing worries such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who not long ago completed the growth of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Various other main employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding as well as Engineering, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings who, given that 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 timberlands, streams, and accessibility to a pebbly coastline. 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 passengers between Barry as well as Bridgend in 1964, it was resumed on 10 June 2005 and also for a lot of its 19 miles, supplies a scenic view as well as link to Llantwit Major and also past to Bridgend.