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London: England almost pulled off a fantastic chase getting to 206/5 in 40 overs before bad light stopped play and the game came to a halt.
England were denied a probable victory over Australia in the final Test when the umpires took the teams off for bad light to ensure the match ended in a draw which confirmed the hosts' 3-0 series win.
Set 227 to win by Michael Clarke's ambitious declaration, England needed 21 more from 24 balls with five wickets in hand when play was called to a halt at 19:36 BST.
The Oval crowd, who had been treated to an incredible final day in which 447 runs were scored, booed in disapproval at the decision before gathering around the podium to watch England captain Alastair Cook lift the Ashes urn.
England have now won three Ashes series in a row for the first time since 1977, 1978/79 and 1981.
Earlier, Australia set England a target of 227 to win the fifth Ashes Test after declaring their second innings on 111 for six at tea.
Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, called a halt when he was 28 not out and Mitchell Starc 13 not out, both batsmen having scored at a run-a-ball as the tourists altered their order in search of quick runs.
Stuart Broad took four wickets for 43 runs in 10 overs, the paceman having previously stunned Australia during England's 74-run fourth Test win in Durham with a match-winning burst of six for 20 in 45 balls.
Australia sent Shane Watson, fresh from his Test-best 176 in the first innings, back up to open alongside left-hander David Warner instead of the more staid Chris Rogers.
Watson should have been out for nought when he chipped James Anderson to mid-off only for Broad to drop the seemingly simple catch.
Anderson showed Broad how it should be done, holding a one-handed catch off his own bowling to dismiss David Warner for 12.
And 34 for one became 44 for two when Watson (26) was caught at long-on by Kevin Pietersen as he tried to launch off-spinner Graeme Swann for six.
Earlier, England avoided the follow-on as they made 377 in reply to Australia's first innings 492 for nine declared, a deficit of 115 runs.
Ian Bell made 45, Prior a series-best 47 and Swann a rapid 34, the trio all falling to left-arm quick Faulkner, whose burst of three wickets for two runs in 17 balls Sunday ended the innings.
Meanwhile Haddin's three catches in the innings saw him equal the world record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a Test series of 28 set by Australia great Rodney Marsh, now a selector, against England in 1982/83.
Brief scores
Australia 492/9d (Watson 176, Smith 138*, Anderson 4-95) and 111/6d (Broad 4-43)
England 377 (Root 68, Pietersen 50, Faulkner 4-51) and 206/5 (Pietersen 62, Trott 59)
Result Drawn
MOM Shane Watson (Australia)
Man of the series Ian Bell (England) and Ryan Harris (Australia)
