POLICE are appealing for information after a man exposed himself in Stroud.

The incident happened around 7pm on Saturday, August 24, in a wooded area near Clockhouse vets, in Bath Road.

A 28-year-old woman was approached by a man, who briefly spoke to her before exposing himself.

The woman ran away, but returned to the scene to pick up her bike.

The man approached her again and again exposed himself, but ran off when the woman shouted to draw attention.

He is described as white, between 15 and 19 years old, of slim build and around 5ft 5ins tall.

He had brown hair and was wearing a grey/blue hooded top, baggy stonewashed blue denim jeans and a pair of criss-crossed patterned boxer shorts in blue or green.

To help police call 101 quoting incident number 313 of August 25.