POLICE have successfully found a missing 18-year-old woman from Painswick.

Lucy Craddock was considered very vulnerable and was last seen near her home address in the Painswick area at 9.35am today, Friday 31 March, heading towards Slad.

Police successfully found Lucy safe and well near Waitrose in London Road at about 1pm.

She is described as white, 5ft 7ins tall, of slim build and with very long blond hair. She was wearing a dark sweat shirt, black leggings and pink shoes.

Officers were searching the local area, assisted by a police helicopter.

If you see Lucy or know where she is please call 101 and quote incident 144 of 31 March.

Lucy is the third woman to be reported missing in the Stroud area in four days.