Brierley

Also known as Brierley, South Yorkshire

Brierley () is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The settlement is tightly clustered and green buffered on a modest escarpment close to the border with West Yorkshire, it is almost wholly in population south of the A628 road, and is less than to the south west of Hemsworth.

Key facts

UK place.map_type: South Yorkshire
UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Brierley
UK place.static_image_name: Three Horseshoes pub in Brierly.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The Three Horseshoes Pub in Brierley
UK place.population: 7,267
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.metropolitan_borough: Barnsley
UK place.metropolitan_county: South Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster: Barnsley East
UK place.post_town: Barnsley
UK place.postcode_district: S72
UK place.postcode_area: S
UK place.dial_code: 01226
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE410110
UK place.london_distance_mi: 150
UK place.london_direction: SSE

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Wikidata facts

Population: 5973
Image: Brierley, St Paul's Church - geograph.org.uk - 226729.jpg
Dialing code: 01226

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Commons category: Brierley
OS grid reference: SE410110
postal code: S72

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Notable people
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Its late nineteenth century founded civil parish contained the pit village of Grimethorpe, and at the 2001 census had a population of 5,973, increasing to 7,267 in the 2011 Census. Brierley is at its core approximately above sea level on gently undulating slopes.