Drayton, Ontario

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Drayton is a community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is a part of the township of Mapleton in North Wellington County. The village is on the corner of Wellington Road 8 and Wellington Road 11, geographically northwest of Fergus and southwest of Arthur.

The village of Drayton is home to the award winning Drayton Festival Theatre, flagship venue of Drayton Entertainment.

[edit] Education

Drayton is in the Upper Grand District School Board. Schools that are located in the area are Centre Peel Public School and Drayton Heights Public School, which is for kindergarten to Grade 8 students, while high school students attend Norwell District Secondary School in nearby Palmerston, Ontario.

[edit] Entertainment

Drayton is home to the Drayton Festival Theatre, which is a renovated 1902 Opera House that seats 375 people, and has a rich history of entertaining audiences with the finest talent in professional theatre, including legendary performers as Beatrice Lillie.

Sports fans can catch the Drayton Icemen, a local Western Ontario Athletic Association team that plays ice hockey, or they can catch numerous minor hockey games that are played in the area during the winter months, or softball games during the summer.