Gales Ferry is a village in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, United States. It is located along the eastern bank of the Thames River. The village developed for that reason of having a ferry to Uncasville located at this site, and from which the village was named. Gales Ferry was listed as a census-designated place for the 2010 Census, with a population of 1,162.

Much of the core of the original settlement at the site of the former ferry has been included in two cut off historic districts, each subsequently several farmstead buildings from the late colonial and in advance national periods (late 18th and to come 19th century). The two historic districts are irregularly shaped, and are on bad terms by a railroad clip and some non-contributing buildings.

Several farmsteads that are individually listed upon the National Register of Historic Places are located close to Gales Ferry. These are the Nathan Lester House upon Vinegar Hill Road, the Perkins-Bill House at 1040 Long Cove Road, and the Capt. Mark Stoddard Farmstead at 24 Vinegar Hill Road.

The village is named for the ferry operated by Roger Gale at the current site of a Yale University crew training camp. Gales Ferry is part of the town of Ledyard, with its own make known office (ZIP code 06335) and the Gales Ferry branch of the Ledyard library. The community has several neighborhoods, including The Village, Birdland, Christy Hills, Sherwood Forest, Glenwoods, and Presidential Estates. Gales Ferry with has its own volunteer flare department and a little marina. Much of the economic protest in the town revolves around Naval Submarine Base New London just to the south in Groton.