Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks 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 known for Pershore Abbey, Pershore University (now a campus of Warwickshire College), and the plums and 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 rich in vegetables and fruit 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 train station on the Cotswold Line, enabling straight travel to Paddington station, London, through Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Didcot and also Reading, although Pershore station is more than a mile from the centre of the community towards Pinvin.