Brierley, Gloucestershire

Brierley
Brierley
Brierley shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SO625151
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

It has a petrol station, shop and bus services to other places.

Brierley was 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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