Pershore is a market community in Worcestershire, England, on the financial institutions of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and belongs to the West Worcestershire legislative constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The community is best understood for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (currently a school of Warwickshire College), and the plums and also pears grown locally. Pershore is positioned on the River Avon, 6 miles west of Evesham and also 6 miles east of Upton-upon-Severn in the Vale of Evesham, an area abundant in fruit and vegetable manufacturing The town lies near the A44 midway from Worcester to Evesham. The closest motorway junctions are junction 7 of the M5 (South Worcester) or junction 1 of the M50. There is a railway station on the Cotswold Line, enabling straight traveling to Paddington station, London, by means of Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot and Reading, although Pershore station is greater than a mile from the centre of the community towards Pinvin.