Gilling East is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, on the main B1363 road between York and Helmsley, 2 miles south of Oswaldkirk and 5 miles south of Helmsley. It is named "East" to distinguish it from Gilling West near Richmond, some 32 miles away. It had a population of 321 at the 2001 Census, which had risen to 345 at the 2011 census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 360.