Frating

Village in Essex, England

Human settlement in England

Frating

Frating Village Hall

Frating

Location within Essex

Population| 537 (2011)[1]
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

England
Essex

51°51′38″N 1°01′20″E﻿ / ﻿51.86042°N 1.02219°E﻿ / 51.86042; 1.02219

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

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Service  | Operator  | Route  | Days of Operation

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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)

## References

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1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
2. ^ "About Frating". VCS Parish Council Websites. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
3. ^ "The Kings Arms Pub". Retrieved 18 January 2025.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frating.

* Frating Parish Council website
* Extract from History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex by William White published in 1848

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