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'''The Vale of Evesham''' is a fertile plain sweeping in a crescent shape through western [[Worcestershire]] and watered by the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]]. It lies to the south of the town of [[Evesham]], from which it takes it name. | '''The Vale of Evesham''' is a fertile plain sweeping in a crescent shape through western [[Worcestershire]] and watered by the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]]. It lies to the south of the town of [[Evesham]], from which it takes it name. | ||
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The Vale is famed for its fruit, and has made Evesham a centre of market gardening for centuries. | The Vale is famed for its fruit, and has made Evesham a centre of market gardening for centuries. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:02, 23 January 2012
The Vale of Evesham is a fertile plain sweeping in a crescent shape through western Worcestershire and watered by the River Avon. It lies to the south of the town of Evesham, from which it takes it name.
The Vale is largely on the broad floodplain on the southern bank of the Avon. It stretches from the Warwickshire border to where the Avon meets the hill and swings south toward the River Severn.
The Vale is famed for its fruit, and has made Evesham a centre of market gardening for centuries.
