Abstract: Improvements in and relating to safety gates Disclosed is a safety gate assembly for positioning on a step of a flight of stairs and for impeding access to the flight of stairs, the assembly comprising: a frame, arranged to span an entry to the flight of stairs; and a gate, attached to the frame and movable between a closed position, where access to the flight of stairs is barred, and 10 open position, where the stairs are accessible, an wherein the frame comprises a pair of substantially upright, generally parallel, members for engagement with parts of the flight of stairs and/or the wall or walls adjacent to it, and a substantially horizontal member, linking the upright members such that the frame is generally u-shaped and the substantially horizontal member is arranged to be positioned, in use, below the surface of the step.