| Frating | |
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 Frating Village Hall | |
  Frating Location within Essex | |
| Population | 537 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TM082223 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Colchester |
| Postcode district | CO7 |
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]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "About Frating". VCS Parish Council Websites. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Home Archived 2 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Kings Arms