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Barry Post Offices

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Barry is a Welsh town in the Vale of Glamorgan. The name of Barry, or Y Barri in Welsh, derives from St. Baruc who was drowned in the Bristol Channel and buried in Barry Island. Barry lies on the south coast of Wales not far from Cardiff, and is a holiday resort with its own beach and funfairs on Barry Island. Only over a hundred years ago, Barry consisted of three small villages and a few scattered farms in three parishes - Barry, Merthyr Dyfan and Cadoxton. Today, Barry has swallowed these and Barry Island. Barry town was originally a fishing port, and underwent development when it became a coal port in the 1880s. The coal trade had taken off far more rapidly than the facilities at Cardiff Docks could manage. In response, a group of colliery owners formed the Barry Railway Company and evidently chose to build the dock at Barry. The work on Barry’s new dock began in 1884, with the first dock basin opened in 1889. Coal was brought to the docks from the valleys by the Barry Railway. The port thrived, and was filled with hip repair yards, cold stores, flour mills and an ice factory. Come Barry was the largest coal exporting port in the world. Barry is still a port, but its major industry now is manufacturing, and servicing the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and the adjoining industrial area form the largest employment centre in the town. Most of Barry’s industrial firms are set in the dock area, the largest being Cabot Carbon who manufacture chemicals, and Dow Corning, who have developed the largest silicones plant in Europe. Other large industries in Barry Docks incorporate Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding and Engineering, Rank Hovis and Associated British Ports. Since 1982, Associated British Ports have run the Barry Docks and others as successors of the British Transport Docks Board.

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St Athan Station Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 750250 - Royal Air Force Station, St. Athan, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 4WB

St Athan Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 750231 - The Post Office/Rock Rd, St. Athan, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 4PG

Vale Street Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 734545 - 113 Park Cres, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 6HE

Colcot Road Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 735233 - 1 Colcot Rd, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 8HJ

High Street Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 0870 8148358 - 18 High St, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 7EA

Merthyr Dyfan Sub Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 733787 - 17A Merthyr Dyfan Rd, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 9TG

Rhoose Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 719243 - 55A Fontygary Rd, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF62 3DT

Cadoxton Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 733875 - 63 Vere St, Barry, CF63 2HW (2.21 miles)

Weston Hill Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 0845 3736639 - 239 Holton Rd, Barry, CF63 4HT (2.21 miles)

Llantwit Major Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 792309 - Pound Plaza, Llantwit Major, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF61 1PP (8.99 miles)

Boverton Post Office > Post Offices in Barry

Tel: 01446 792218 - Boverton, Llantwit Major, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF61 1UH (8.99 miles)

Tonyrefail Post Office > Post Offices in Tonypandy

Tel: 01443 670241 - 5 Collenna Rd, Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF39 8EL (10.58 miles)

Trebanog Post Office > Post Offices in Tonypandy

Tel: 01443 683670 - 195 Trebanog Rd, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF39 9DU (10.58 miles)

Ystrad Mynach Post Office > Post Offices in Caerphilly

Tel: 01443 812123 - 35 Penallta Rd, Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly, CF82 7AP (11.75 miles)

Treoes Sub Post Office > Post Offices in Bridgend

Tel: 0870 7565973 - Parc Newydd, Treoes, Vale Of Glamorgan, CF35 5DL (12.26 miles)

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