Frating

Frating
Frating Village Hall
Frating  Frating shown within Essex
Population	537 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TM082223
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO7 7
EU Parliament	East of England
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Coordinates: 51°51′38″N 1°01′20″E / 51.86042°N 1.02219°E

Frating is a village and small civil parish of the Tendring district of Essex. 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.

Great Bentley rail station is 2 miles away and provides regular train services to Colchester, Walton-on-the-Naze, London Liverpool Street and Clacton-on-Sea.

Bus services

Service	Operator	Route	Days of Operation
76	First Essex	Clacton-on-Sea - Little Clacton - Weeley - Frating - Elmstead Mkt - Colchester Bus Station	Mon-Sat (every 60 mins), Sun (every 120 mins).
77	New Horizon Travel	Great Bentley - Frating - Elmstead Mkt - Colch'er Town Centre - North Station - General Hospital	Mon-Fri (every 60 mins), Sat (every 120 mins).

Nearby places

Dickinson College

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links

• Extract from History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex by William White published in 1848