'Coldean' is a suburb of
Brighton and Hove,
England and is one of its most well defined and self contained. Unlike its neighbours
Moulsecoomb or
Hollingbury, it sits in a steep sided valley (''"dean"'' is
Anglo-Saxon for valley) on the extreme north-east of the city. It is surrounded by the
Wild Park, the Ditchling Road ridge and the estate of
Stanmer Park.
On its southern border, where it abuts the busy Lewes Road, there is an expanse of urban
parkland. Until the early 1990s, this was the main
A27 road, although this number and trunk status has since been allocated to the "Brighton bypass" relief road, a short distance to the north of the old road.