Brierdene

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Brierdene
Valley
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Brierdene
Location in Tyne and Wear
Coordinates: 55°03′32″N1°28′12″W / 55.059°N 1.470°W / 55.059; -1.470
Grid position NZ338739
Location Tyne and Wear and Northumberland, England, UK

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 an 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Brier Dene, North Tyneside". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Brierdene". Go-curate- University of Newcastle. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Brierdene - Coal mine" . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Brierdene Wildlife Site" . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Friends of Brierdene". VODA. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Sharma, Sonia (27 March 2016). "Work starts on building 180 new homes in Backworth, North Tyneside". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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