Frating is a village and small civil parish of the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is about 8 kilometres east of Colchester and 15 kilometres northwest of Clacton-on-Sea. The parish includes the settlements of Frating Green and Hockley. The parish church 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.