Barry Island (Wales)

Yesterday my husband and I took our children to Barry Island for a day out during the summer holidays. We live in Newport, which is about a 30 Minute car journey from Barry Island. THE LOCATION ------------------------ Barry Island is located on the South East Coastline of Wales, in the Vale of Glamorgan. It has always been an attractive location for people from South Wales, The Vale of Glamorgan, and the South Wales Valleys to visit for a family day out. THE HISTORY OF BARRY ISLAND ----------------------------------------​------------- Barry Island Promenade was first connected to the mainland ... more

I live in Barry, (Y Barri in welsh) and after discovering a ciao category for Barry Island, (Ynys Y Barri), I decided that I had to write a review. Obviously this is a big task and I have done my best to include everything. Barry Island used to be home to a large Butlin's Holiday Park. I am sure some of you visited there, but earlier this year the site was demolished, somewhat emotionally, and a tourist research centre is to be built in its place. This was a very sad occasion and the end of an era but the heyday of the holiday park seems to be past. Despite the loss of the Butlins, which had ... more

~ Barry Island ~ I have been visiting Barry Island for longer than I care to remember. But as a teen me and a group of friends would catch the train down to Cardiff for an exchange to Barry Island. It proved to be really popular as we would always end up with other friends who had had the same idea. Our main reason for going was for the Pleasure Beach which is a fair ground as well as a bit of relaxing on the beach. Pleasure Beach is a fair ground that is always in situ, unlike the travelling fairs that find their ways around the country but it is more or less the same as these with the same ... more

I used to go to Butlin's holiday camp in Barry Island every year for about five years with my parents, and it was brilliant, I loved every minute of it. The camp was excellent with great sports facilities, cinema, entertainment, fairground rides, everything you could need for a good time. We only left the camp a couple of times to have a look round Barry itself and visit the excellent fair there, look round the shops and so on. Since Butlin's closed there, I have been to Barry Island twice and it is sad to see how it has gone downhill. It has become dull, drab and tarnished. It is now only a ... more