The village has a population of 379[1] and is home to St Catherine's parish church and the Drayton Crown pub.

It is trite in Anglo-Saxon language the name of the village means literally "drawing-town", the word dray being largely obsolete save for dray horse being one that drags or draws a load, at a time when the inceptive form of town ton had not turned into its larger sense today.

It is also part of the Glastonbury and Somerton county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

[9] The 15th century cross in the churchyard has a sculpture of St Michael with a sword and shield in the act of vanquishing a dragon.

[10] The rectory, known as Drayton Court, which dates from the early 19th century, is now a private house [11] and the seat of the Earls of Cromer.

The annual event is held on 5 January and involves the Wassailers traveling to a handful of houses around the village before ending at the Drayton Crown.