Pershore
Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon area and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The community is best recognized for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (currently a school of Warwickshire College), and the plums and also pears grown locally. Pershore is located on the River Avon, 6 miles west of Evesham as well as 6 miles east of Upton-upon-Severn in the Vale of Evesham, a district abundant in vegetables and fruit production The community lies near the A44 midway from Worcester to Evesham. The nearest freeway junctions are junction 7 of the M5 (South Worcester) or junction 1 of the M50. There is a train station on the Cotswold Line, allowing straight traveling to Paddington station, London, by means of Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot and also Reading, although Pershore station is greater than a mile from the centre of the community in the direction of Pinvin.