East Rudham

East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

The village is located 14 miles (23 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Norwich. It includes the former parish of Broomsthorpe.

East Rudham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for 'Rudda's' homestead or village.

Several Iron Age and Roman artefacts have been found close to East Rudham, and there is further evidence to suggest a small Roman settlement was based on the modern village.

In the Domesday Book, East and West Rudham are recorded together as a settlement of 67 households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne and Peter de Valognes.

East Rudham Railway Station opened in 1880 as a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between South Lynn and Melton Constable. The station closed in 1959.

During the Second World War, a starfish site was created on nearby Coxford Heath designed to draw Luftwaffe bombers away from King's Lynn.

According to the 2021 census, East Rudham has a population of 553 people which shows an increase from the 541 people listed in the 2011 census.