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Frating
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Frating Village Hall
Frating is located in Essex
Frating
Frating
Population 537 (2011)
OS grid reference TM082223
Civil parish
  • Frating
District
  • Tendring
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Colchester
Postcode district CO7
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
UK
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.

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.

Bus services

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)

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