Brierley, Gloucestershire
Brierley is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It has one petrol station and shop which are both operated by Jet. 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 the workhouse of Westbury during the pit strikes of 1926.