| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Drayton |
| Unitary England: | Portsmouth |
| Region: | South East England |
| Lieutenancy England: | Hampshire |
| Constituency Westminster: | Portsmouth North |
| Population: | 13,054 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 Census. Drayton and Farlington Ward)[1] |
| Post Town: | PORTSMOUTH |
| Postcode District: | PO6 |
| Postcode Area: | PO |
| Dial Code: | 023[2] |
| Static Image Name: | Shops_on_Havant_Road,_Drayton._-_geograph.org.uk_-_81934.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Drayton is astride a part-commercial, part-residential street, Havant Road |
Drayton is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Together with Farlington, its parent area, it makes up one of the electoral wards of the city.
The earliest mention of Drayton was as a manor of Farlington parish. It appears in a document of the year 1250, when Henry III gave a moiety (legally fixed half share) of the land there to Roger de Merlay. Dreton appears as its form in the 14th century.
Unlike the majority of the city, Drayton lies on the mainland rather than Portsea Island. The manor may be included under the Domesday Book of 1086's entry of Cosham; both were within decades confirmed as in Farlington parish.[3] The area including Drayton became incorporated into Portsmouth in 1920.[4] This followed a fast rise throughout the south of the original 4miles by NaNmiles strip parish in suburban and urban house building, and strong economic ties with the city.[4]
The New Inn survives and is protected under UK law in the initial category (grade II listing). East of a mid-rise block of flats is a milestone, equally listed.
Station Road, Drayton once served the now-demolished Farlington Racecourse station which closed in 1938. Likewise, the station intended for Station Road, Copnor was never built, so Portsmouth now has two Station Roads without railway stations.
Drayton also lends its name to the Drayton Railway Triangle, in which the expansive Railway Triangle Industrial Estate resides, and is accessible from Walton Road, Drayton, Portsmouth.