In 1923 preparations were made to exploit a coal seam close to the village of Firbeck on the Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire border. The resource including two mining shafts and five and a half miles of railway sidings was expanded in 1927 and the site designated as Firbeck Colliery. It was complete with the dedicated collier village of Langold which was built in 1923-27. A lake was dug in the 19th century to the south west of the village.

In 1946 the coal mining industry was nationalised, and the National Coal Board expanded the leisure facilities. A lido, or swimming pool, had already been constructed, but this was rebuilt in the early 1950s and a bandstand added 100 metres to its south-west. In 1968 the mine was closed, the 162 hectares of the Park was vested in the local authority and the mining equipment was completely removed. The derelict remains of railway sidings, head gear, chimney and engine house are just to the south-west of the cricket ground.

The bandstand is a steel-framed open structure set on an octagonal plinth built of aerated stretcher-bond bricks. Five concrete steps rise to the concrete floor of the structure, under a timber roof supported by eight square-section steel uprights. The roof is a simple eight-sided pyramid, with plain rafters rising from a timber wall plate under vertical sarking boards and a felt roof cladding.

The bandstand at Langold Country Park is not recommended for designation, for the following principal reasons:

*Architectural Interest: The bandstand is modest both in design and materials and is of little architectural interest.
*Group Value: The bandstand stands in isolation and contributes little to the surrounding landscape. (1)

Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<1> Bill Wilson, 2009, English Heritage Listing File (Unpublished document). SNT6514.