Frating is a small village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It sits amid low-lying arable farmland and hedgerow-lined lanes a few miles east of Colchester and within easy reach of the Essex coast, offering rural tranquillity while remaining accessible to larger towns.
Historically agricultural with medieval roots, the parish retains a handful of historic buildings and a parish church, and maintains a quiet, tight-knit community life; the local economy still leans on farming alongside residents who commute to nearby employment centres. People come for the peaceful lanes, birdlife and the contrast between pastoral countryside and the nearby coastal landscapes around Clacton-on-Sea and the Colne estuary.
Postcode districts covering Frating
Most populated places nearby
- Ipswich 14.3 miles
- Colchester 6.4 miles
- Braintree 20.4 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea 6.8 miles
- Felixstowe 14.8 miles
- Witham 17.4 miles
- Sudbury 17.2 miles
- Maldon 17 miles
- Stowmarket 22.3 miles
- Harwich 10.7 miles
- Walton-on-the-Naze 10.1 miles
- Frinton-on-Sea 9.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Frating Green Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Alresford & Elmstead Ward 0.9 miles
- The Bentleys & Frating Ward 1 mile
- Alresford Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Great Bentley Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Thorrington Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Elmstead Market Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Great Bromley Parish 1.9 miles
- Elmstead Parish 2 miles
- Little Bentley Parish 2.3 miles
- Wivenhoe Built-up area 2.9 miles
- High Park Corner Built-up area 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Frating
CO7 7HP, CO7 7HQ, CO7 7GB, CO7 7HW, CO7 7GU, CO7 7DL, CO7 7DJ, CO7 7FS, CO7 7FR … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 24.8 miles
- Stansted Airport 34 miles
- Alresford 1.6 miles
- Great Bentley Railway Station 1.7 miles
- Colchester Bus Station 5.7 miles
Hotels near Frating Ad
- Wivenhoe House Hotel 4 3.5 miles
- Pheasant Suites 5 2.6 miles
- St Nicholas Hotel 5.8 miles
- GreyFriars 4 5.6 miles
- Dragonfly Hotel Colchester 3 5.7 miles
- Premier Inn Clacton-On-Sea 3 2.7 miles
- The George Hotel 3 5.8 miles
- The Aviator, formerly Smugglers Cove, Clacton On Sea by Marston's Inns 6.2 miles
- Colchester Boutique Hotel 6 miles
- University of Essex - Colchester Campus 4 3.7 miles
Local points of interest
- University of Essex University 3.6 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 5.7 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 5.9 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 6.9 miles
- West Mersea Beach Beach 7.6 miles
- Pedlars Wood Forest 9.8 miles
- Saint Peters Chapel Archaeological site 11 miles
- Harwich International Ferry Terminal Harbour 11.1 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 12.3 miles
- Felixstowe Trinity Terminal Harbour 13.1 miles
- Harwich Harbor Harbour 13.5 miles
- Portman Road Stadium 14 miles