Brierley, Gloucestershire
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Coordinates: 51°50′00″N 2°32′44″W / 51.83324°N 2.54562°W
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  Brierley Brierley shown within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SO625151 |
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| District | Forest of Dean |
| Shire county | Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Forest of Dean |
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Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
It has a petrol station and shop, the Swan public house and bus services to other places.
Brierley was also the birthplace of Winifred Foley (25 July 1914 – 21 March 2009), author of the autobiographical A Child in the Forest and other later works, including No Pipe Dreams for Father. The village was also the birthplace of her father, Charlie Mason, who led the hunger march to Westbury workhouse during the pit strikes of 1926.
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