Looking for a beach day without the madness of Barry Island? Swanbridge Bay might just be the spot. Just a 20-minute drive from Cardiff, it’s a quiet, tucked-away stretch of coastline which feels like ...

"Barry Island?... I am not traipsing the best side of my family all the way down to Wales to see my son, my only son, get married in some dirty fairground," she fumed. The final episode of Gavin ...

Tom Hardy fiercely defended Barry Island's famous ghost train as he cheekily told off a radio presenter during a very chaotic radio interview. The Hollywood legend, 47, - who has been filming a ...

A teenage girl who was injured getting off a Barry Island funfair ride has been paid £27,000 after a settlement was reached. The girl, who was 16, was leaving the Crazy Funhouse ride at Barry ...

When Barry Yeagers turned 12 years old, he never expected to leave Guernsey for any reason, let alone the start of World War ...

A great spot for children is Barry Island Pleasure Park, which features a rollercoaster, log flume, dodgems and a waltzer. Opening back in 1897, it is home to the UK's biggest thrill ride - a 32 ...

The Barry Island 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 Dock by the Barry Railway ...

Havoc director Gareth Evans has revealed how he turned the Welsh countryside into a bustling US city for the new Netflix thriller - and how star Tom Hardy became Barry Island's biggest fan in the ...

Looking for a beach day without the madness of Barry Island? Swanbridge Bay might just be the spot. Just a 20-minute drive from Cardiff, it’s a quiet, tucked-away stretch of coastline which ...