Pershore
Pershore is a market community in Worcestershire, England, on the financial institutions of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is 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 College (now an university of Warwickshire University), as well as 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, an area rich in fruit and vegetable production The town lies near the A44 midway from Worcester to Evesham. The local 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, making it possible for direct traveling to Paddington station, London, using Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot and Reading, although Pershore station is greater than a mile from the centre of the community towards Pinvin.