During the Second World War, Fritton Lake was requisitioned by the 79th Armoured Division for the secret training of DD Amphibious tanks in preparation for the Normandy landings.

Today the village forms part of the civil parish of Fritton and St. Olaves, which in turn is within the district of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.

However prior to the Local Government Act 1972, the village was within Lothingland Rural District in Suffolk.

[4] Fritton falls within the constituency of Great Yarmouth and is represented at Parliament by Brandon Lewis MP of the Conservative Party.

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.