Frating

Frating
Frating
	Frating Village Hall
	Frating Location within Essex
Population	537 (2011)
OS grid reference	TM082223
Civil parish	Frating;
District	Tendring;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO7
	List of places UK England Essex 51°51′38″N 1°01′20″E / 51.86042°N 1.02219°E

Frating is a village and small civil parish of the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Colchester and 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Clacton-on-Sea. The parish includes the settlements of Frating Green and Hockley.

The parish church (dedication not recorded) is now a private house. The living was a rectory shared with Thorrington.

The village hall is the Frating War Memorial Hall and Institute which celebrated its 100th anniversary in September 2022.^[2]

Great Bentley rail station is two miles away and is served by Abellio Greater Anglia services to Colchester, Walton-on-the-Naze, London Liverpool Street and Clacton-on-Sea.

There is one public house; The Kings Arms.^[3]

Bus services[edit]

Service	Operator	Route	Days of Operation
97	First Essex	Walton-on-the-Naze - Frinton-on-Sea - Kirby Cross - Great Holland - Holland-on-Sea - Clacton-on-Sea - Great Clacton - Little Clacton - Weeley - Frating - Elmstead Market - Colchester	Mon-Sat (every 60 mins)
97A	First Essex	Walton-on-the-Naze - Frinton-on-Sea - Kirby Cross - Great Holland - Holland-on-Sea - Clacton-on-Sea - Great Clacton - Little Clacton - Weeley - Frating - Elmstead Market - University of Essex - Colchester	Mon-Sat (every 60 mins)
X76	Hedingham & Chambers	Jaywick - Clacton-on-Sea - Great Clacton - Little Clacton - Weeley - Frating - Elmstead Market - Colchester	Mon-Sat (every 30 mins)
87C	Hedingham & Chambers	Weeley - Frating - Elmstead Market - Wivenhoe - Alresford, Essex - Thorrington - The Colne Community School and College	Mon-Fri (once each way daily)
77	Arriva Colchester	St Osyth Beach - St Osyth - Aingers Green - Great Bentley - Frating - Elmstead Market - Colchester - Colchester railway station	Mon-Fri (infrequent)
77A	Arriva Colchester	St Osyth Beach - St Osyth - Aingers Green - Great Bentley - Frating - Great Bromley - Crockleford Heath - Greenstead Estate - Colchester - Colchester railway station	Mon-Fri (infrequent)
76	First Essex	Clacton-on-Sea - Great Clacton - Little Clacton - Weeley - Frating - Elmstead Market - University of Essex - Colchester	Sun (every 2hrs)