Frating
Frating Village Hall
Frating is located in Essex
Frating
Frating
Location within Essex
Population537 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTM082223
Civil parish
  • Frating
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townColchester
Postcode districtCO7

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

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)

Nearby places

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "About Frating". VCS Parish Council Websites. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Home The Kings Arms
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