POLICE are looking for a man in his late 20's after a woman was sexually assaulted in a Lake District village.

Police are investigating an incident where a woman was sexually assaulted by a man at Bassenthwaite.

The woman was assaulted as she walked on land near the river Derwent and the Peil Wyke Castle Inn road at about 6pm on October 6.

A Cumbria police spokesman said: "The man is described as aged in his late twenties and white.

"He had a dog with him at the time."

Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone who has any information to contact them.

Anyone with information can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it - referring to incident 185 of October 6. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.