Gate Helmsley is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about seven miles east of York.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hamelsec in the Bulford hundred and as a possession of the Archbishop of York.

[1] Gate Helmsley was served by Holtby railway station on the York to Beverley Line between 1847 and 1939.

It also lies within the Sheriff Hutton & Derwent electoral ward of North Yorkshire Council.

[4] In addition to the Church of St Mary, there are six other Grade II Listed buildings including the local public house.