Brierley

Brierley (/ˈbraɪ.ərli/) 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 2 miles (3 km) to the south west of Hemsworth.

This article is about the village in South Yorkshire. For the surname, see Brierley (surname). For other places, see Brierley (disambiguation).

Brierley
The Three Horseshoes Pub in Brierley
Brierley
Location within South Yorkshire
Population7,267 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSE410110
• London150 mi (240 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough
  • Barnsley
Metropolitan county
  • South Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBarnsley
Postcode districtS72
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

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 330 feet (100 m) above sea level on gently undulating slopes.

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