Pinvin

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.13844|-2.067146|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Pinvin

| population =

| static_image_name = Crossroads at Pinvin - geograph.org.uk - 1062034.jpg

| static_image_caption = Crossroads at Pinvin

| shire_district = Wychavon

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

| civil_parish =

| constituency_westminster =

| postcode_district = WR10

| postcode_area = WR

| post_town = PERSHORE

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SO955489

| london_distance =

}}

Pinvin is a village in Worcestershire, England, a little to the north of Pershore, about {{convert|7+1/2|mi|km}} south-east of Worcester, and about {{convert|6|mi|km}} north-west of Evesham[http://www.pinvin.org.uk/ Pinvin Parish Council’s Web Site] accessed 2011-02-24. and lies on the crossroads of the A44, A4104 and B4082. It is also the location of Pershore railway station. The village has a church and a pub. It also has a first school (rated Good by Ofsted{{Cite web |title=Ofsted School Reports |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144260 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}) and a middle school (rated Requires Improvement by Ofsted{{Cite web |title=Ofsted School Reports |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144257 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}); pre-school activities take place in the village hall.

The name is thought to come from 'Penda's fen' after the Mercian King Penda, who was probably born in the nearby Cotswolds.Martin Wall, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AuViCgAAQBAJ&dq=Penda+Pinvin&pg=PP42 The Anglo-Saxon Age], Stroud GL5 4EP, 2015] David Rudkin's TV play Penda's Fen (1974) was set here and also references this fact.