Jenner Park

Coordinates: 51°24′43″N 3°15′54″W / 51.412°N 3.265°W / 51.412; -3.265

Jenner Park is a central district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan 14 miles outside Cardiff in South Wales.

It is home to the Jenner Park Stadium, which is the football ground of Barry Town F.C., and Jenner Park Primary School.

Jenner Park Stadium

Jenner Park is the premier sports stadium in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and traditional home of football club, Barry Town United.

Overview

Jenner Park occupies the space of land between Barry's Gladstone Road and Barry Road and has been the setting for the evolution of Barry's senior football club for more than 100 years, as well as hosting athletics, greyhound racing and other attractions over the decades.

Named after the Jenner family who had gifted the land, the ground was built by the Barry football enthusiasts for their representative side to compete at the highest possible level and was completed between the landmark meeting of 1912 and the opening fixture of 1913-14.

Among the most notable Barry matches played at Jenner Park have been European ties, domestic cup finals, major semi-finals and quarter-finals, FA Cup fixtures, televised matches, testimonials, high-scoring thrillers and friendlies against high-profile opposition.

Comprised initially of two wooden stands, popular bank terracing was added in 1923 and floodlights added in the 1940s, allowing Jenner Park to host Wales' first ever floodlit football match between Barry and Newport in 1949-50.