Barry, Wales
Gavin's Ghost Town
"More Than Just A Sitcom, Honest"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing the Whitmore Bay beach rammed shoulder to shoulder with deckchairs, quartered with a faded Ferris wheel from the Barry Island Pleasure Park, above a scroll reading 'Nice When It's Sunny (Rarely)'. Supported on either side by two seagulls fighting over a bag of chips.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came here purely because of the TV show and yes, the island is nice, yes the beach is a proper surprise for South Wales, but half of us spent the whole weekend trying to find Nessa's chip shop and got mildly obsessed with the arcade instead. The prom is lovely on a sunny day and utterly bracing on every other day. Three stars because the funfair rides looked like they'd seen some things."— BarryIslandBecky_CardiffDayTripper
Property Listing
Charming coastal town offering unrivalled proximity to a Blue Flag beach, a beloved funfair, and the unmistakable feeling that you've stepped onto a film set — because you have! Excellent transport links to Cardiff for when you inevitably need a bigger cinema or a Zara.
Twinned With
Skegness — Both are seaside towns whose entire modern identity rests on a beach, a funfair, and one thing everyone knows them for that has nothing to do with the council.
Supporting Evidence
Barry Island isn't actually an island anymore — it was joined to the mainland by land reclamation in the 1880s, but the name stuck long after the geography gave up.