Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north shore of the Bristol Channel about 9 miles (14 kilometres) 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 price quote information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the third biggest community in Wales, after Wrexham and Merthyr Tydfil. Once a tiny town, Barry has actually absorbed its bigger neighbouring towns of Cadoxton and Barry Island, as well as currently, Sully. It grew substantially from the 1880s with the growth of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the biggest coal port worldwide. The area was perhaps named after Saint Baruc. Barry is the management centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as home to Barry Town 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 Highlight Park right through 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, so the A4226 radiates from Weycock Cross roundabout in three directions. The community is frequently associated with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a company that assisted over 200 steam locomotives make it through right into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production town and as a service centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks as well as the adjacent enterprise zone form the largest employment centre in the town. The anchors, whose roadway 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 freeway. The anchors can take care of vessels up to 23,000 tonnes as well as the first-rate tidal position near to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, enables set up cruisings. With its transportation sheds, stockrooms and also open storage space, the docks are geared up to manage mass freights however with the junking of their former electrical cranes, ships' very own derricks have to be used or cranes worked with in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are available and also have actually been used by courses to Ireland and 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 also the stipulation of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing and dinghy sailing is offered (2016 ). The majority of commercial firms are located in the dock location. The biggest are the chemical creating worries such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who not long ago completed the growth of the largest silicones plant in Europe. Various other major employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and also Engineering, Bumnelly, and Associated British Ports Holdings who, because 1982 have actually run the docks as successors 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 arched spans standing 110 ft high. Complying with the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to passengers between Barry and also Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 as well as for most of its 19 miles, offers a panorama as well as link to Llantwit Major as well as past to Bridgend.