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Located on the A4055 - strangely for a town location, no road name is apparent! Take directions for the town centre or Island, then once in Barry, following directions to Barry Island should cause you to pass the spot.

Parking available at Barry station, street parking also available in nearby roads such as Miskin Street and Clifton Street, it may be hard to find a parking location within a level walk of the spot, as the area is pretty steeply graded!

Frequent trains from Cardiff and the Valleys, and an hourly service from Bridgend.
Bus timetables for the area can be found here), the Route 96 from Cardiff has a half-hourly frequency.

A wide selection of takeaways and a pub or two are available in nearby Broad Street.
There is also a Morrisons supermarket and a KFC just to the east in Barry.

Barry, being a seaside location, has lots of accommodation, including a Premier Inn in the redeveloped dockside area and smaller establishments in the town centre.

Rail Gen South Wales

The best view is looking towards the Island Branch, where a tight slow speed curve offers interesting picture opportunities, shots looking towards the station are also possible, those of Bridgend bound trains have a rather nice backdrop of Barry town. A rather tight shot is also possible looking towards Bridgend from the other side of the bridge.

The sun is best for each for each viewpoint as follows:

Looking towards the Island Branch: Summer evenings

Looking towards Barry Station: Mornings for the town backdrop, afternoon looking towards the docks.

Looking towards Bridgend: Mornings.

For videos there will be a fair amount of traffic and pedestrian noise.

Barry Docks