Region: Wales · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Barry
Barry is a city in Wales, United Kingdom, home to about 53,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Barry, with about 58 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June, July and September
- Nearest airport
- CWL5 km · Cardiff International Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Barry
Barry is a coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Barry
See
- Barry Castle
- Porthkerry Country Park
- Barry Waterfront
- Cosmeston Country Park
- St. Baruch's Church
- Dyffryn Gardens
- Tinkinswood
Do
- Rhoose Flying School
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Barry
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Cardiff Airport hotel | 58 | 4.7/5 732 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Barry
5 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Copthorne Hotel, Cardiff Millennium Hotels and Resorts | 1993 | 6.4 km |
| Friars Point House | 2.1 km | |
| Barry Hotel, Broad Street (N Side), Barry | 1.6 km | |
| Egerton Grey Country House Hotel | 1988 | 4.1 km |
| The Marine Hotel | 1.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Barry
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Barry are June, July and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; December is the wettest, with about 115 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Barry: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), about 5.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bristol Airport (BRS, 38 km) and Exeter International Airport (EXT, 75 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Barry is signposted from the M4 motorway at junction 33 (Cardiff West, A4232), the A4232 at Culverhouse Cross and the A48.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Barry
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Barry: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Barry?
By published guest score: Travelodge Cardiff Airport (4.7 / 5 · 732 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Barry?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Barry are June, July and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; December is the wettest, with about 115 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Barry?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), about 5.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bristol Airport (BRS, 38 km) and Exeter International Airport (EXT, 75 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Barry?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Barry
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.