Pershore
Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and also is part of the West Worcestershire legislative constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The town is best recognized for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (currently an university of Warwickshire University), and the plums as well as pears grown locally. Pershore is situated on the River Avon, 6 miles west of Evesham and also 6 miles east of Upton-upon-Severn in the Vale of Evesham, a district abundant in fruit and vegetable manufacturing The community lies near the A44 midway from Worcester to Evesham. The nearby 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, via Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot as well as Reading, although Pershore station is greater than a mile from the centre of the community towards Pinvin.