Pershore
Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore remains in the Wychavon area and also becomes part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The community is best known for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (now a campus of Warwickshire University), and also the plums and also pears expanded locally. Pershore is positioned on the River Avon, 6 miles west of Evesham and 6 miles east of Upton-upon-Severn in the Vale of Evesham, a district rich in fruit and vegetable manufacturing The town 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, allowing direct traveling to Paddington station, London, by means of Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot as well as Reading, although Pershore station is more than a mile from the centre of the community towards Pinvin.
