| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Brierdene General View Updene.JPG |
| Official Name: | Brierdene |
| Coordinates: | 55.06°N -1.45°W |
| Metropolitan Borough: | North Tyneside |
| Metropolitan County: | Tyne and Wear |
| Region: | North East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Tynemouth |
| Post Town: | WHITLEY BAY |
| Postcode District: | NE26 |
| Postcode Area: | NE |
| Dial Code: | 0191 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NZ3474 |
Brierdene or Brier Dene is a small valley[1] through which the Brierdene Burn flows down to its mouth at Whitley Bay.[2] The valley was partly occupied by a coal mine in the past of which very little is now visible.[3] Part of the valley is now the Brierdene Community Green Space and the Brierdene Wildlife Site.[4] The site is now home to more than 1000 identified organisms and includes a ecologically diverse meadow and is a designated Site of Nature Conservation Importance.[2] [4] Much of work of transforming the valley into a wildlife refuge was undertaken by a voluntary group - the Friends of Brierdene. This work earned them a Queens Award for Voluntary Service.[5]
The name Brierdene was also used for a railway station built in 1914 but which was never brought into use.
In April 2016 a new housing development at Backworth was started and adopted the name of Brierdene.[6]