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Frating
Frating Village Hall
Frating is located in Essex
Frating
Frating
Location within Essex
Population622 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceTM082223
Civil parish
  • Frating
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townColchester
Postcode districtCO7
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 civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) east of Colchester and 9 miles (15 km) northwest of Clacton-on-Sea. The parish includes the settlements of Frating Green and Hockley. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 622.

The former parish church has been converted into a private house. The living was a rectory shared with Thorrington. The dedication of the church is not known.

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

Great Bentley railway station is two miles away and is served by 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
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. ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. ^ "About Frating". VCS Parish Council Websites. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The Kings Arms Pub". Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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