Anyone from Pershore here? Thinking of relocating from Wales..

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Morning/evening etc everyone,

Can anyone who lives in or near Pershore tell me what it's like? We have four under five and if we are going to make the move it needs to be before school. Currently live in Wales but contract at work is up so looking at Pershore as without being too outing we are an agricultural family and there's plenty of work going there. Also distant family in Birmingham (definitely not living there though) so reasonably close. Schools/parks/history/heritage? What's Pershore like?

I'm not from Pershore but I believe it to be a decent enough town (hope that that doesn't sound like damning with faint praise) It has a busy High Street. It is in the Wychavon district which often appears in those 'best places to live' lists.
It has a three-tier school system. There are several First/Middle (some better than others) but only one High school.
History/heritage: the Abbey, lots of Georgian architecture, the plum festival.

amd a canal

I went to the plumbfest and saw the Ariels and car clubs

Did a signal go off in the bat-cave?

I said PlumFest not PlumbFest!

I like Pershore. It's a nice little market town. Georgian, nice park. Decently priced property, nice town centre with some good pubs and coffee shops, plus Jimmy Pickles restaurant - yum

Good access to Brum and Worcester and out west towards Malvern and Herefordshire for countryside stuff. Nice villages surrounding. My impression is to stay west of Evesham because otherwise you are getting into the Birmingham commuter sprawl and it feels less rural (to me anyway).

It used to flood quite a bit (River Avon) but they seem to have resolved that now.

I only have in-laws there though so no schools experience or direct experience of living there.

Cheers for the replies. I think we'll pop there to have a nosey!

used to flood quite a bit (River Avon) but they seem to have resolved that now

Had an ex from that area, just check that you don't buy on one of the flood plains or on land that is at risk from flooding...Winter floods are always an issue in that part of the world, although bad ones only seem to happen once every few years. If you buy away from risk areas you should be fine though.

Yes, I live in Pershore, we moved here in 2007 from the South East and love it. The town doesn't flood (lots of flood remediation after the 2007 floods) but once a year or so the bridge closes because of flooding.
Its a very friendly little town with a proper high street and indoor market, community theatre/cinema, pool and leisure centre. Theres no Deliveroo/Uber/ Just Eat (well, one company on Just Eat), and the cinema is a couple of months behind with films, but its very easy to go into Worcester/Evesham/Cheltenham.
Its got an amazing Abbey and lovely Georgian high street, and a very ancient woodland just outside. And obviously is the home of the Pershore Plum which was the first commercial plum variety, hence the Plum Festival in August.
Ds went to Abbey Park, then Pershore High and we've been very happy with those.
What else would you like to know?