Brierley, Gloucestershire
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| Brierley | |
|---|---|
 A4136 through Brierley (September 2007) | |
  Brierley Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SO625151 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DRYBROOK |
| Postcode district | GL17 |
| Dialling code | 01594 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[1] It has one petrol station and a shop, the former owned by BP and the latter by Londis.
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).[2] 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.
