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Saltdean is a part of the city of Brighton and Hove situated on the Chalk cliffs of the south coast of England in East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is approximately 5 miles east of Brighton, 5 miles west of Newhaven, and 6 miles south of Lewes.
Saltdean was open farmland belonging to the village of Rottingdean, and almost uninhabited, until the 1920s, when land was sold off for speculative building. Some of this was promoted by Charles W. Neville, who also masterminded development at nearby Peacehaven. It has a mainly shingle beach, fronted by a promenade, the Undercliff Walk, which can be reached by steps from the clifftop. The buildings nearest the coastline are architecturally varied, and include some influenced by international trends of the inter-war years, e.g. Bauhaus and Cubism, and there are some which are Spanish-influenced. The most famous building is the Lido or swimming-pool, whose architect was R.W.H. Jones, and the former Ocean Hotel, based on the appearance of mid-20th century ocean liners, is also noteworthy. Saltdean is now a prosperous village suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, though its eastern fringe is administratively part of the neighbouring Lewes District Council.