East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 525 in 240 households at the 2001 census, including Broomsthorpe and increasing to 541 at the 2011 Census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The village straddles the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. East Rudham railway station was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between King's Lynn and Melton Constable; it opened in 1880 and closed in 1959.