| Yorkley | |
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  Yorkley Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SO636070 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Yorkley is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. The village includes the settlement of Yorkley Slade to the east. Yorkley is situated between the villages of Pillowell and Oldcroft.
Near the town of Lydney, it has two pubs, a sub post office, few shops, a primary school and is home to Yorkley AFC.
Yorkley was also home to Yorkley Star Cricket Club for 130 years until it was forced to close in October 2015 due to repeated digging of the Cut and Fry Green pitch by horny feral boar.[1]
- ^ "Yorkley Star Cricket Club bowled out by boar - after 135 years". The Forester. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2020.