Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north shore of the Bristol Network around 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including numerous coastlines 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 and also Merthyr Tydfil. Once a tiny village, Barry has actually absorbed its bigger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island, and currently, Sully. It expanded substantially from the 1880s with the growth of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port on the planet. The location was potentially called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the management centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as home to Barry Community United F.C. The roadway from Bonvilston was initially 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 beyond Cardiff International Flight terminal it still is. Considering that the 1970s, parts of these roadways are numbered A4226, with the result that the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in three instructions. The town is commonly associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a company that helped over 200 steam engines make it through into conservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production community and also as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and the adjacent enterprise zone create the biggest work centre in the town. The docks, whose roadway links were significantly improved with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have direct road gain access to with the M4 freeway. The docks can take care of vessels up to 23,000 tonnes and the first-rate tidal setting close to the deep-water network of the Severn Estuary, permits scheduled sailings. With its transportation sheds, storehouses and also open storage space, the docks are outfitted to handle mass cargoes however with the scrapping of their former electrical cranes, ships' own derricks have to be used or cranes hired in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are offered as well as have actually been used by routes to Ireland as well as West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight website traffic is being operated from No. 2 Dock. With a brand-new existence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock and the provision of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing and rowboat cruising is available (2016 ). Most of industrial firms are located in the dock location. The biggest are the chemical creating concerns such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who not long ago completed the development of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Various other major employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and Design, Bumnelly, as well as Associated British Ports Holdings that, 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 big location of open space, with timberlands, streams, and access 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 travelers between Barry and Bridgend in 1964, it was resumed on 10 June 2005 and for the majority of its 19 miles, gives a scenic view and also link to Llantwit Major and past to Bridgend.