# Drayton GN division, Thalawakele DS Division – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/drayton/ Grama Niladhari division · Thalawakele DS Division # Drayton Drayton is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thalawakele DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province. It covers **5.21 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 5.2km² - 1mapped services ## Where is Drayton? Drayton lies in [Thalawakele DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/), [Nuwara Eliya District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/), [Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 5 other GN divisions: [Coombewood](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/coombewood/), [Devon](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/devon/), [Dimbula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/dimbula/), [Kotagala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/kotagala/) and [Yulefield](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/yulefield/). By area it is the 2807th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.0% of [Thalawakele DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/thalawakele/). The centre of Drayton is about 85 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.9250° N, 80.6221° E. Local names: ඩ්‍රේටෝන් . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Villages and localities in Drayton Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Drayton. - Drayton State Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Drayton Named natural and historic features inside Drayton, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 1 estate. - Derryclare Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Drayton and the best time to visit Using the climate of Nuwara Eliya District, the warmest month is Apr (average 24 °C) and the coolest is Jan (21 °C). About 1,762 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (274 mm) and the driest Jul (82 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 21 108 Feb 22 86 Mar 23 104 Apr 24 175 May 24 164 Jun 23 101 Jul 23 82 Aug 23 92 Sep 23 129 Oct 23 234 Nov 22 274 Dec 22 212 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Drayton Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital GOVT.VETERINARY SURGEON'S OFFICE. · Hatton South 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.89479&mlon=80.59558#map=17/6.89479/80.59558) Bank Bank Of Ceylone, kotagala branch · Kotagala 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.92489&mlon=80.60952#map=17/6.92489/80.60952) ATM Lak Sathosa;bank · Pundaluoya South 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.01408&mlon=80.66685#map=17/7.01408/80.66685) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Drayton 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93093&mlon=80.62073#map=17/6.93093/80.62073) Hotel Asvika Hotel · Kuduoya 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91659&mlon=80.59753#map=17/6.91659/80.59753) Mall Shakthi Electronics and Furnitures · Maskeliya 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83399&mlon=80.57181#map=17/6.83399/80.57181) School Kotagala Tamil Vidyalaya · Kotagala 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.92557&mlon=80.60965#map=17/6.92557/80.60965) College ESOFT Metro College - Hatton · Hatton South 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.89350&mlon=80.59676#map=17/6.89350/80.59676) Police station Hatton Police Station · Hatton North 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.89408&mlon=80.59875#map=17/6.89408/80.59875) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Drayton Places mapped inside Drayton in open map data, by type. - Petrol pumps1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other GN divisions in Thalawakele DS Division - Agarapathana - Albion - Balmoral - Bearwell - Bogahawatta - Braemore - Coombewood - Dayagama East - Dayagama West - Devon - Dimbula - Eildonhall - Elbedda - Glasgow - Great Western - Hallbrook - Henfold - Hollyrood - Kotagala - Kuduoya - Lindula - Lippakelle - Mount Vernon - Nagasena - Rahanwatta - Sandrinham - Stonycliff - Thalawakele - Thangakele - Waltrim - Watagoda - Weverly - Yulefield ## Quick answers - Where is Drayton?In Thalawakele DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Drayton?Coombewood, Devon, Dimbula, Kotagala and Yulefield - How many villages are in Drayton?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Drayton?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Drayton?GOVT.VETERINARY SURGEON'S OFFICE., about 4.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Drayton?Bank Of Ceylone, kotagala branch, about 1.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Drayton?Lak Sathosa;bank, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Drayton?Ceypetco, about 0.7 km from the centre - How many petrol pumps are in Drayton?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Drayton?LK2327120 (OCHA common operational dataset)