Barry is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north shore of the Bristol Network roughly 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions consisting of numerous coastlines the reanimated Barry Island Pleasure 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 and also Merthyr Tydfil. Once a tiny town, Barry has actually absorbed its larger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island, as well as now, Sully. It grew dramatically from the 1880s with the advancement 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, and residence to Barry Town United F.C. The road from Bonvilston was initially the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the community still is, as well as the roadway from Emphasize 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, so the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in three directions. The community is frequently related to Woodham Brothers scrapyard, an organisation that helped over 200 steam locomotives survive into preservation. 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 also the adjoining enterprise zone develop the biggest employment centre in the community. The anchors, whose roadway links were dramatically boosted with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, now have straight roadway access with the M4 motorway. The anchors can handle vessels as much as 23,000 tonnes as well as the superior tidal position near to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, enables set up cruisings. With its transit sheds, stockrooms as well as open storage space, the docks are outfitted to manage mass freights however with the scrapping of their former electrical cranes, ships' very own derricks need to be used or cranes employed in by ABP as required. 2 roll on/roll off berths are offered and also have actually 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 presence on the Mole in No. 1 Dock as well as the stipulation of a concrete slipway from it, recreation rowing and dinghy cruising is offered (2016 ). Most of industrial companies lie in the dock area. The largest are the chemical generating concerns such as Cabot Carbon and Dow Corning that recently completed the advancement of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Other major employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and Design, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings that, given that 1982 have run the anchors 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 previous Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 curved periods standing 110 feet high. Following the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to travelers in between Barry and also Bridgend in 1964, it was resumed on 10 June 2005 and for most of its 19 miles, provides a panorama and link to Llantwit Major and also beyond to Bridgend.