Brierley, Gloucestershire

Brierley
A4136 through Brierley (September 2007)
Brierley is located in Gloucestershire
Brierley
Brierley
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSO625151
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
England
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51°50′00″N 2°32′44″W / 51.83324°N 2.54562°W / 51.83324; -2.54562

Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It has one petrol station and a shop, both of which are both operated by Jet.

Brierley was the birthplace of Winifred Foley (25 July 1914 – 21 March 2009) author of the autobiographical A Child in the Forest (1974), and other later works including No Pipe Dreams for Father (1977). The village was also the birthplace of her father, Charlie Mason, who led the hunger march to the workhouse of Westbury during the pit strikes of May 1926.