A new plastic £10 note celebrating Jane Austen has been unveiled by the Bank of England on the 200th anniversary of the author's death - made with Cumbrian material.

Like the fivers launched last year, it is made from a polymer created by Wigton firm Innovia Films.

Unlike the £5 note material though - which is made in Australia - the new tenner is made with a polymer produced in Cumbria.

The new banknote, which will be issued on September 14, is the first Bank of England banknote with a tactile feature to help blind and partially-sighted users.

This is a series of raised dots in the top left-hand corner of the banknote, developed with the help of the RNIB.

Other features already incorporated into banknotes to help vision-impaired people include different sizing, bold numerals, raised print and differing colour palettes.

Bank Governor Mark Carney unveiled the design of the new £10 banknote at Winchester Cathedral, where the Pride And Prejudice and Sense And Sensibility author was buried after her death in 1817

The design of the new note includes a portrait of Austen commissioned by her family, Austen's writing table and a quote from Pride And Prejudice: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"

Mr Carney said: "Our banknotes serve as repositories of the country's collective memory, promoting awareness of the United Kingdom's glorious history and highlighting the contributions of its greatest citizens.

"The new £10 note celebrates Jane Austen's work. Austen's novels have a universal appeal and speak as powerfully today as they did when they were first published."

People can continue to spend the existing paper £10 notes for now. They will be phased out gradually as they are banked.

Legal tender status of the paper £10 featuring Charles Darwin will eventually be withdrawn in Spring 2018. The exact date will be announced at least three months in advance.

The new note is expected to last at least two-and-a-half times longer than the current paper £10 notes - around five years in total - and stay in better condition during day-to-day use.

The transition to polymer has sparked controversy after the Bank confirmed that an "extremely small amount" of tallow - or animal fat - was used to produce polymer pellets, which were part of the production process for creating the notes.

This was spearheaded by Keswick resident Doug Maw, who started a petition against the polymer's use which was signed by more than 134,000 people

In February, the Bank took the decision that this £10 note would be manufactured on the same polymer material. At the point the decision was taken, the Bank had already printed 275m £10 notes at a cost of £24m.

The Bank held off signing supply contracts for the £20 polymer note featuring artist JMW Turner, which is due to be released in 2020, to better understand "the range of public opinion" surrounding the use of tallow in banknote production and explore potential plant-based substitutes like palm and coconut oil. A public consultation on the issue closed in May.

Victoria Cleland, the Bank's chief cashier, said: "The new £10 note marks the next exciting step in our introduction of cleaner, safer, stronger polymer banknotes, and I am grateful to the cash industry for their work towards a smooth transition.

"I am delighted that the Jane Austen £10 note incorporates an innovative tactile feature, which I hope will greatly benefit blind and partially sighted users."

Innovia did not comment.