HELMSLEY TOWN
Helmsley is situated below the moors at the western end of the Vale of Pickering. It lies within a Conservation area with the North York Moors National Park boundary running through the centre.From mediaeval times it has occupied an important site at a crossroads and on a crossing point of the River Rye. The older part of the town developed around a spacious market square and is now bordered on the west by the Castle; the south by the river; and the north and east by more modern areas of development. From the Market Place radiate Church Street/High Street to the north west; Bondgate to the east; and Bridge Street and Castlegate to the souh, and these together with Ryegate and Pottergate form the residential part of the old town.
THE TOWN HALL
It was built in 1900 by Lord Feversham, was formerly the Courthouse and Market and was given to the town in 1958. The ground floor is now used by the Library and the Town Council.