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

The parish includes the settlements of Frating Green and Hockley.

The parish church (dedication not recorded) is now a private house.

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.