Pershore
Pershore is a market community in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon area and also is part of the West Worcestershire legislative constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The community is best known for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (currently an university of Warwickshire College), and the plums and also pears grown locally. Pershore is situated 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 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 railway station on the Cotswold Line, making it possible for direct travel to Paddington station, London, through Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot and also Reading, although Pershore station is more than a mile from the centre of the town towards Pinvin.