One of Britain's most successful orchestras, based near Woodstock, is moving to Belgium because of Brexit.

The European Union Baroque Orchestra has been based in the county since 1985 but will give its last UK concert in its current form at St John's Smith Square London on May 19 before moving to Antwerp by 2018.

General manager Emma Wilkinson works for the orchestra's administration team in Wootton-by-Woodstock.

She said a move to Antwerp following Brexit was a wise decision and loss of free movement could make life difficult for the orchestra's 25 musicians.

Ms Wilkinson, who has worked for the orchestra since 1989, said: "We're the EUBO and so when the Brexit referendum happened our move out of the UK to the EU was inevitable."

The orchestra, co-founded by the EU, provides young musicians from across Europe the opportunity to get a year's experience of performing in a baroque orchestra.

For the first time this year there are no musicians from the UK in the cohort but British musicians have featured in the orchestra throughout its 30-year history.

Ms Wilkinson added: "I do believe Brexit is a real worry for general British musicians.

"If you have musicians who have to apply for visas, who have to apply for work permits, orchestras and organisations will have to go through that huge bureaucracy."

The administration of the orchestra will move to the Augustinus Muziekcentrum (AMUZ) in Antwerp.

Ms Wilkinson added: "We have been forced to the conclusion that carrying on as we were is no longer possible.

"A strategic transition out of the UK to a new future with AMUZ is the most viable way forward.

"My colleagues and I will oversee the transition.

"We have had a very happy 30 years but this decision gives the orchestra the best chance to survive."