Frating

{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Frating

|coordinates = {{coord|51.86042|1.02219|display=inline,title}}

|population = 537

|population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123585&c=CO7+7DP&d=16&e=62&g=6426250&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443193775788&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 September 2015}}

|civil_parish = Frating

|shire_district= Tendring

|shire_county = Essex

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster=

|post_town= Colchester

|postcode_district= CO7

|postcode_area= CO

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TM082223

|hide_services= yes

|static_image_name = Frating Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 123147.jpg

|static_image_width =

|static_image_caption= Frating Village Hall

}}

Frating is a village and small civil parish of the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is about {{convert|8|km|0}} east of Colchester and {{convert|15|km|0}} 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.{{cite web|title=About Frating|url=https://www.fratingparishcouncil.gov.uk/about-frating|publisher=VCS Parish Council Websites|accessdate=12 October 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.{{cite web|title=The Kings Arms Pub|url=https://www.thekingsarmsfrating.co.uk/|accessdate=18 January 2025}}