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| Pershore | |
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.jpg) Pershore High Street | |
  Pershore Location withinWorcestershire | |
| Population | 8,406 (2021 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO945455 |
| • London | 104.5 miles (168.2 km) |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERSHORE |
| Postcode district | WR10 |
| Dialling code | 01386 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | [1] |
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Pershore (/ˈpɜːrʃɔːr/)[3] is amarket town andcivil parish in theWychavon district inWorcestershire, England, on the banks of theRiver Avon. At the 2011census, the population was 7,125. The town is best known forPershore Abbey. Pershore is situated 6 miles (10 km) west ofEvesham and 6 miles (10 km) east ofUpton-upon-Severn in theVale of Evesham.
The town contains examples ofGeorgian architecture. In 1964 theCouncil for British Archaeology included Pershore in its list of 51 British "Gem Towns" worthy of special consideration for historic preservation,[4] and it has been listed as an outstandingconservation area. Parts ofthe abbey, which stand in an expanse of public grassland close to the centre of the town, date from the 11th century. The current structure is far smaller than the original building, which was plundered during the reign ofHenry VIII at theDissolution. The originalnave was destroyed. The northtransept collapsed later. The present nave occupies the western part of what would originally have been the choir.Pershore Town Hall, which was originally built as the local post office, was completed in 1932.[5]
Schools in Pershore follow thethree-tierfirst school (ages 5–9),middle school (ages 9–12),high school (ages 11–18) system practised by parts of Worcestershire County Council.Pershore High School has asixth form with all-weather sports pitches and sports hall.
Abbey Park First School and Abbey Park Middle School are on Abbey Road, they are both situated down the same drive. Pershore High School is on Station Road, which is on the outskirts of Pershore, borderingPinvin, a small village.
Holy RedeemerRoman Catholic Primary School, situated on Priest Lane beside Holy Redeemer, Pershore's only Catholic church, stands outside the 3-tier model. It is a primary school (ages 5–11) which acts as a feeder school toBlessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College inWorcester.
Pershore College, a school of horticulture and other land-based activities,[6] became a campus forWarwickshire College (now WCG) following a merger in 2007.
The Pershore Plum Festival is held in August to celebrate the local tradition of growingplums including the local varieties Pershore Purple, Pershore Yellow Egg Plum and Pershore Emblem.[7] Activities include crowning the plum princess, a family fun run, plum themed art exhibition and the Plum Fayre. There is also a classic car rally and nearbyWorcester Racecourse revivedThe Land O'Plums Chase from 72 years ago.[8] The festival won the Best Tourism Event and Festival in the Worcestershire Welcome Awards 2011.[9]
Every year on Springbank holiday there is acarnival in Pershore withFloats and Stalls and a duck race
Pershore Bowling Club is situated within Abbey Park; formed in 1928 following an invitation by the then Lord Abbott of Pershore to the tradesmen of the town to play bowls on the lawn at the monastery, long since demolished. The Lord Abbott accepted an invitation tobe the Club’s first President and continued to hold this office until 1936 when the monastery was closed and the monks moved toNashdom Abbey in Buckinghamshire.
Pershore's football club,Pershore Town F.C., play in theWest Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division. It also has a women's team, Pershore Town Ladies, who play in the new Herefordshire and Worcestershire Women's County Football League.
Pershore Sports club, which houses Pershore Cricket Club who play in the Birmingham and District League, is situated at The Bottoms on Defford Road.
Pershore Rugby Club has a clubhouse and pitches by the river in nearbyWyre Piddle.
Pershore Tennis Club, based at the Horticultural College, has three indoor and five outdoor courts, with junior, social and adult sections.
MultipleBTCC title winning team,Team Dynamics, is also based there. Wychavon Kayak & Canoe Club[10] is situated on the river at Pershore Riverside Centre. Pershore Plum Plodders is an England Athletics affiliated running club serving Pershore and the surrounding villages. The Abbey Park includes a bowls club, children's play area and skateboard park (2006), consisting of a mini ramp and a street section.
Local news and television programmes are provided byBBC West Midlands andITV Central. Television signals can be received from either theSutton Coldfield or Lark Stoke TV transmitters.[11][12]
Local radio stations areBBC Hereford and Worcester,Heart West Midlands,Radio Wyvern,Capital Mid-Counties,Greatest Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire,Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire, andSmooth West Midlands.
The town is served by the local newspaper, Evesham Journal[13] and its own community based newspaper, The Pershore Times.[14]
The town lies near theA44, approximately midway betweenWorcester and Evesham. The nearest motorways are theM5 andM50.
Pershore railway station is located in the village ofPinvin. It lies on theCotswold Line which enables travel toLondon Paddington,Oxford andReading.
About 0.5 miles (0.8 km) outside the town is Pershore Old Bridge over the River Avon. A bridge was originally built on the site in the 15th century. It was remodelled in the 17th century, after damage in theEnglish Civil War, and again in the 18th century. It is aGrade II* listed structure.[15]
See alsoCategory:People from Pershore
Natives
Residents
Like much of theBritish Isles, Pershore has a temperate maritime climate. Maximums range from 7.7 °C (45.9 °F) in January to 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) in July and minimums from 1.5 °C (34.7 °F) in February to 12.2 °C (54.0 °F) in July.[19] The January record high strangely occurred when it was dark; On 9 January 2015, temperatures rose to 16.1 °C (61.0 °F).[20] On 12 December 1981 the lowest reading of −22.0 °C (−7.6 °F) was recorded.[21] The warmest temperature ever recorded was 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) on 19 July 2022.[22] On 31 March 2021 Pershore recorded its warmest March day on record, beating the previous record set the day before.[23] On 7 September 2021, Pershore recorded its hottest September day on record, beating the previous record set in 2005[24]
The lowest maximum temperature ever recorded was −8.2 °C (17.2 °F) on 19 December 2010. This is also the lowest maximum temperature on record for December in England.[25] On the same day Pershore recorded a minimum temperature of −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F)[26] (one of the lowest December temperatures ever recorded here) and at the same time exactly 5 years later it was 15.9 °C (60.6 °F)[27] (one of the highest December temperatures ever recorded here). The maximum amount of precipitation in one day was 120.8 millimetres (4.76 in) on 20 July 2007[28] and exactly 9 years later the highest minimum temperature of 21.4 °C (70.5 °F) was recorded on 20 July 2016.[29]
| Climate data for Pershore 35m amsl (1991–2020) (extremes 1957–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.1 (98.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 18.6 (65.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 37.1 (98.8) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 29.8 (85.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.8 (58.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 10.5 (51.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 4.0 (39.2) | 1.8 (35.2) | 6.2 (43.2) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) | −5.1 (22.8) | −3.6 (25.5) | −2.3 (27.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.2 (26.2) | −5.7 (21.7) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.4 (−2.9) | −12.7 (9.1) | −10.1 (13.8) | −7.3 (18.9) | −2.5 (27.5) | −1.0 (30.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | −1.0 (30.2) | −5.1 (22.8) | −10.5 (13.1) | −22.0 (−7.6) | −22.0 (−7.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 56.1 (2.21) | 40.9 (1.61) | 39.5 (1.56) | 47.8 (1.88) | 54.0 (2.13) | 52.0 (2.05) | 55.1 (2.17) | 61.3 (2.41) | 52.3 (2.06) | 64.8 (2.55) | 64.4 (2.54) | 58.9 (2.32) | 647.1 (25.49) |
| Average rainy days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.6 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 119.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 85.6 | 82.6 | 77.3 | 73.7 | 72.2 | 71.0 | 71.5 | 73.7 | 77.0 | 79.3 | 83.4 | 86.9 | 77.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 57.0 | 77.3 | 120.5 | 163.0 | 204.8 | 200.8 | 209.4 | 187.4 | 142.6 | 104.0 | 67.7 | 48.9 | 1,583.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 21.9 | 27.3 | 32.7 | 38.8 | 42.1 | 40.1 | 41.7 | 41.5 | 37.7 | 31.7 | 25.6 | 20.2 | 33.4 |
| Source 1: Met Office[30] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: en.tutiempo[19][31][32][33][34][24][35] | |||||||||||||
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