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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Barry Island travel guide: Where to eat, drink, walk and stay in the home of Gavin and Stacey

Barry Island: Gavin & Stacey, a theme park, beaches and beyond - (Visit Wales)

“BARRY ISLAND? Oh, where you going to have the wedding reception? On the log flumes?” – as Pam put it – has proven to be an unfair assessment of a Welsh seaside town with more to offer than just its Pleasure Park.

Once the site of the world’s busiest coal port, the non-island on the coast of Cardiff was firmly put on the map by Gavin & Stacey in the noughties.

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