Barry Island

Not actually an island at all. Owned by the dastardly super-brains behind Hypervalue, this really is the home of tack, where the classiest thing on offer is a 99 Flake. Jam-packed with vulgar arcades where a thousand flashing light bulbs torment the epileptic as they twice daily dole out jackpots of 47p, one can narrowly escape death on each and every rickety ride in the town's once-famed 'Pleasure Park'. Promises that the area is on the mend are still to be realised, but though only time will tell as to whether this former tourist hotspot will recover its spangly 80s grandeur, Itchy's still had a few cracking days out here. Call it a guilty pleasure...

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