Friday 12 July 2013, 3:37pm

Thames Valley Police is appealing for information to a robbery in Headington, Oxford.

At around 8pm on Thursday 4 July, a woman was cycling through Bury Knowle Park where she was stopped by a man who started to talk to her.

The man assaulted her and stole her handbag before running off towards Chestnut Avenue.

The offender was black, about 6ft and of medium build. He was wearing a navy blue hooded top with the hood up.

Among the property stolen was a white medium-sized handbag with gold studs on it, a pair of white headphones, house keys and a small quantity of cash.

If anyone has any information about the robbery, please contact PC Neil Rudge via the Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101.

If you don’t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at Crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.