Barry (Welsh: Y Barri) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including several beaches and formerly Barry Island Pleasure Park. Once a small village, Barry has absorbed its larger neighbouring villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island. It grew significantly from the 1880s with the development of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the largest coal port in the world.
Population: 51,681
Latitude: 51° 23' 59.24" N
Longitude: -3° 17' 1.68" W
Nine Mile Point railway station was a halt on the Newport to Tredegar line of the Sirhowy Railway. It served the village of Wattsville. Marshalling yards to the north were for the Nine Mile Point Colliery. Nine Mile Point had two signal boxes, No 1 …
New Bridgend Stadium is a proposed stadium in Bridgend, Wales.
Mynydd y Glyn is a mountain in South Wales, between the towns of Pontypridd and Tonyrefail.
Miskin Manor Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Miskin Manor, Glamorgan.
Minehead Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Minehead, Somerset in England.
Michaelston-super-Ely is a village, to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales.
On 12 August 1893 a T-link broke beneath a locomotive running down the bank from Merthyr to Cardiff hauling a passenger train. This allowed an underhung spring to break away from the engine and foul the wheels of the leading van, derailing the entir…
Llantwit Major School is a school in the town of Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, on the coast of south Wales. The school consists of a separate primary and secondary school which are located on the same site. A large section of the comprehe…
Limebreach Wood (grid reference ST466726) is a woodland on the south side of the Tickenham Ridge, between Clevedon and Bristol.
King's Square bus station is the bus station for Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located on King's Square in the town centre. It mainly handles Cardiff Bus services around the town and to neighbouring Cardiff.
Hill Brow Preparatory School for Boys was a small English preparatory school, initially based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, but subsequently relocated to Brent Knoll in Somerset as part of the evacuation of civilians that took place during World War I…
Graig is an electoral ward and coterminous community (parish) of the city of Newport, South Wales.
The Evesham Cricket Club Ground in Evesham, Worcestershire was used for first-class cricket by Worcestershire County Cricket Club on a single occasion: a County Championship match against Gloucestershire in 1951, which Worcestershire won by six wick…
Devonshire Park Ground is a cricket ground located in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. It hosted two List A cricket matches for Somerset County Cricket Club; one in 1969, and the other the following year.
Cowbridge Road West (Welsh: Heol y Bontfaen Gorllewin) is a major road in western Cardiff, the capital of Wales and forms part of the A48 road.
Compass Point Festival is a yearly music festival founded in 2000 by Simon Dancey, former Director of Community Music Wales. It takes place in the grounds of Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, Wales.
Cleeve Toot is an Iron Age hillfort above Goblin Combe, Cleeve, Somerset, England.
Cleeve Heronry (grid reference ST463662) is a heronry in a woodland near the village of Cleeve in North Somerset.