Barry Island

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Barry Island Ynys y Barri
Looking across Whitmore Bay
Barry Island Location in the Vale of Glamorgan
Coordinates: 51°23′31.2″N 3°16′29.4″W / 51.392000°N 3.274833°W / 51.392000; -3.274833
Country	Wales
County borough	Vale of Glamorgan
Town	Barry
Historic county	Glamorgan
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Post codes	CF62
Area code	01446

Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a district, peninsula and seaside resort, forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is named after the 6th century Saint Baruc. Barry's stretch of coast, on the Bristol Channel, has the world's second highest tidal range of 15 metres (49 ft),^[1] second only to the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada.^[2]

The peninsula was an island until the 1880s when it was linked to the mainland as the town of Barry expanded. This was partly due to the opening of Barry Docks by the Barry Railway Company. Established by David Davies, the docks now link up the gap which used to isolate Barry Island.

Although Barry Island used to be home to a Butlins Holiday Camp, it is now known more for its beach and Barry Island Pleasure Park. It was used as a setting of the BBC TV shows Gavin & Stacey and Being Human.