Britain's iconic Glastonbury Festival has been held at Worthy Farm for the last 46 years, but it's set to move around 20 miles away to Longleat in Wiltshire in the near future. 

The festival's founder Michael Eavis told ITV News that he hopes an agreement can be reached with the new location as he would love to host the annual music extravaganza there:

"We’re talking to Longleat every day, actually, so I hope we can come to an agreement with them eventually. We haven’t done so yet, but they’re quite keen. I want to move there in 2019 basically. Worthy Farm is very warm, it’s full of atmosphere and character and history as well, but I really do need an alternative site, no doubt about it."

A representative for Longleat, which is set over 9000 acres of woodland and outdoor open spaces, issued a statement on today's news, which reads: "We are in very early discussions with the festival team about the option of the festival moving to Longleat for a single year some time in the future. It is on a very, very preliminary level at this time though. We don’t have anything else to add."

This year's Glastonbury Festival event will see performances from the likes of Adele, Coldplay, Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra, PJ Harvey and Sigur Ros. 

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