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Picton may refer to:


Places

*Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK *Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *Picton, New South Wales, Australia *Picton, Western Australia, an industrial suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia *Picton, Ontario, Canada **CFB Picton, a former military installation *Picton, Lennox and Nueva, islands off Tierra del Fuego, Chile *Picton, New Zealand **Picton (New Zealand electorate) *Picton, North Yorkshire, England, UK *Picton River, a river that joins the Huon River in Tasmania


People

* Cesar Picton (c. 1755 – 1836), from slave to successful businessman in England * James Picton (1805–1889), Liverpool architect * James Allanson Picton (1832–1910), British author, philosopher and politician * Thomas Picton (1758–1815), Welsh general who led British forces in the Peninsular War * Chris Picton (born 1983), an Australian politician


Other uses

*Picton (1815 ship), ''Picton'' (1815 ship), a full-rigged ship, wrecked 1820 *SS Picton, SS ''Picton'', involved in the Halifax Explosion (1917) *Picton (racehorse), a competitor that failed to complete the 1848 Grand National


See also

* *Pickton (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, surname, ship