Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It has one petrol station and a shop, both of which are both operated by Jet.

Brierley
A4136 through Brierley (September 2007)
Brierley Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO625151
District	Forest of Dean
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Forest of Dean
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51.83324°N 2.54562°W / 51.83324; -2.54562

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). 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.

Nearest places

• Ruardean Woodside
• Ruardean Hill
• Lydbrook
• The Pludds

External links

• photos of Brierley and surrounding area on geograph

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