Pershore
Pershore is a market community in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore remains in the Wychavon district and becomes part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census the population was 7,125. The town is best understood for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (now an university of Warwickshire University), and the plums and also pears grown in your area. Pershore is situated 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 nearest 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, enabling direct travel 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.
