🌳 Outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16🏖 Beach🆓 Free entry🛝 PlaygroundArcadeSwimming
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Pay and display car park at Whitmore Bay
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Barry Island is a seaside resort and peninsula in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, forming part of the town of Barry. The main beach, Whitmore Bay, is a sandy Blue Flag beach with a wide promenade perfect for family walks. Above the beach sits Barry Island Pleasure Park, a traditional funfair with rides and arcades for all ages. The area is also popular for water sports including kayaking, paddleboarding and sailing. Barry Island gained fame as the setting for the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey. The beach benefits from the world's second highest tidal range, making for dramatic seascapes at low tide. Facilities include cafes, ice cream kiosks, arcades, a large car park, public toilets and seasonal lifeguard patrols.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Portable phone charger
- Nappy sacks
- Changing mat
- Audiobook or story CD
- Rucksack
- Notebook
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