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Brierley, Gloucestershire

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OS grid reference
  
SO625151

Country
  
England

Police
  
Gloucestershire

Local time
  
Friday 12:14 PM

District
  
Forest of Dean District

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Fire
  
Gloucestershire

Shire county
  
Gloucestershire

UK parliament constituency
  
Forest of Dean

Brierley, Gloucestershire

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 24 km/h, 99% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Brierley, Drybrook, UK

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.

Nearest places

  • Ruardean Woodside
  • Ruardean Hill
  • Lydbrook
  • The Pludds
  • References

    Brierley, Gloucestershire Wikipedia