Langar is an English village in the Vale of Belvoir, about four miles (6.4 km) south of Bingham, in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire.

[2] In the south, on Langar Airfield, the parish of Langar-cum-Barnstone borders Clawson, Hose and Harby, the district of Melton and Leicestershire.

Both Langar and Barnstone lie on heavy yellow clay which can be screened to yield a decent red earthenware.

The De Rodes family served as soldiers for King John who visited Langar in 1215.

Another famous son of Langar was the author Samuel Butler whose father, Thomas, was rector of Langar-cum-Barnstone.

[4] The former vicarage is a Grade II* listed Queen Anne house, on the junction of Church Lane and Barnstone Road.

It is known from evidence recovered from various places around the Vale of Belvoir that in the 17th century Robert Earnstock committed a series of robberies in the area.

It was later discovered from letters that he was raising money to travel to his wife-to-be, who lived somewhere to the north of England.

Earnstock kept the treasure hidden away until he had raised a small fortune, but as he neared his goal he was caught and hanged for his offences.

The Unicorn's Head public house was built in 1717 and had its own brewhouse, which can still be identified by its unusual three-tier chimney to the south of the building.

The current name was adopted after Admiral Howe's death, when the estate was bought in 1799 by John Wright, a Nottingham banker and a founder of the Butterley Company.