| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Frating |
| Coordinates: | 51.8604°N 1.0222°W |
| Population: | 537 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Civil Parish: | Frating |
| Shire District: | Tendring |
| Shire County: | Essex |
| Region: | East of England |
| Postcode District: | CO7 |
| Postcode Area: | CO |
| Os Grid Reference: | TM082223 |
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| Static Image Name: | Frating Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 123147.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Frating Village Hall |
Frating is a village and small civil parish of the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is about 8km (05miles) east of Colchester and 15km (09miles) 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]