Belmont Greene is a traditional neighborhood development in

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, located off Belmont Ridge Road about west of

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. It is part of the Belmont

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. The development is situated adjacent to

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and Trailside Park. The

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also goes along the border of the development. The development consists of over 700 housing units and a shopping center, including a bank and a number of stores and restaurants. There are two playgrounds and a small community pool that serve the needs of the Belmont Greene community.

History

The immediate area around the development consisted of woods that had possibly in previous years been used as farmland. The area also had Belmont Station for the

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, located on what today is the present-day junction of Belmont Ridge Road and the W&OD Trail. All vestiges of the station (little more than an overhead cove

have long since vanished.

Community features

Belmont Greene has many features for the benefit of its residents. Belmont Station Elementary School of

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, is located in the development and serves the Ashburn Farm community.

and Trailside Middle School are located within walking distance. Plans were scrapped to build a

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facility near the commercial development next to the community. An extension of Trailside Park includes a walking path that connects to the W&OD trail and a drainage pond.

Location

Belmont Greene is located just off Belmont Ridge Road which directly connects with

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. The development borders Belmont Country Club as well as Trailside Park, with the W&OD trail cutting between them. Luck Stone quarry is also just across from the development on the other side of Belmont Ridge Road. Belmont Greene is also just a few miles away from historic Leesburg, the Loudoun

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. Portsmouth Boulevard and Chesterton Street cut through the neighborhood. The neighborhood ends at the intersection of Portsmouth Boulevard, Leire Place, Nightwatch Street, Winkle Avenue, and Middlebury Street. All parts of the community use an Ashburn mailing address.

References

Belmont Greene Community Association public website
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Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
A Photographic History (1847 to 1968) * {{cite web, title=Village Center at Belmont Greene, work=informational page, url=http://renaudconsulting.net/property/Virginia/village-center-at-belmont-greene, access-date=2016-04-21, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427015439/http://renaudconsulting.net/property/Virginia/village-center-at-belmont-greene, archive-date=2016-04-27, url-status=dead Geography of Loudoun County, Virginia