Pershore
Pershore is a market community in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore remains in the Wychavon area as well as belongs to the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The town is best recognized for Pershore Abbey, Pershore College (currently an university of Warwickshire College), and the plums as well as 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, an area abundant in fruit and vegetable manufacturing The community lies near the A44 midway from Worcester to Evesham. The nearest motorway junctions are junction 7 of the M5 (South Worcester) or junction 1 of the M50. There is a train station on the Cotswold Line, enabling direct traveling to Paddington station, London, through Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot and also Reading, although Pershore station is greater than a mile from the centre of the town towards Pinvin.