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Unframed Red Felt Noticeboard - 900mm x 1200mm

Product code: NB2209R
Workshops, gyms and busy entrances all live or die by whether a notice gets seen in the second someone walks past, and a red board tilts that in you...
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Size - 1200 x 900mm
Colour - Red
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The Displaysense NB2209R is a wall-mounted noticeboard, 900mm wide by 1200mm high, with unframed. It is delivered free to UK Mainland.

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A Bold Red Noticeboard That Gets Seen First

Rotas, alerts and safety notices only work if people actually clock them, and a red board makes that far more likely at a glance from across a room. Standing taller than it is wide, this one claims the upright run of wall beside a door or along a corridor that a landscape board would leave empty, and stacks the must-reads in a single column right in the line of travel. The warm red ground lifts every notice clear of the wall behind it, while the dense felt takes push pins for paper and Velcro hook tape for the heavier cards that need to move often. It goes up in minutes, hangs tall or wide, and holds its sharp face through change after change. Best suited for workshops, gyms and busy entrances where a notice has to be caught, not searched for.

Why an Unframed Red Pin Board Draws the Eye

  • Red that carries across a room: Warm, high-visibility red pulls a glance from the far end of a corridor and across a crowded hall, so an alert or a rota registers well before anyone is standing at the board reading the detail. Against pale walls the red column becomes the obvious place to look, which is exactly where a notice cannot afford to be missed.
  • A tall stack in the eyeline: Upright at a doorway or the head of a passage, the board meets people at full standing height as they approach, its notices ranged in a column rather than scattered along a wide wall. The shape puts a run of essentials squarely where the traffic flows, so the important things are read on the move rather than overlooked in the rush of a busy shift.
  • Fast to keep current: A push pin drops the day's sheet onto the felt and lifts away clean, while Velcro hook tape grips a laminated alert that has to shift without leaving a hole. The pile springs back between changes, so a hard-worked red column keeps a sharp face and yesterday's notices never linger where today's need the space.
  • A clean, frameless face: Red felt folded over the edges gives an unbroken vertical face with nothing boxing it in, sitting flush against the wall. Flush sides let a second board stack above or beside it, so a busy area grows into a taller run with no visible break between one panel and the next.
  • Light enough for a tight spot: Even at full height the panel stays light, so one person can carry it into a cramped doorway or a narrow recess, hold it plumb and fix it single-handed with ordinary tools. A whole column of notices goes up in the kind of slim space a wide board could never be squeezed into, so no run of wall is wasted.
  • Always ready to use: With no glass, door or lock over the felt, an urgent alert goes straight up the moment it lands and comes off just as fast, so nothing holds up a change on a board people count on for what cannot wait. A push pin or a short strip of Velcro is all it ever asks for.

Where a Tall Red Display Board Suits a Busy Wall

Workshop doorwaysBeside a workshop door, a red board keeps safety notices and job sheets at full height where everyone passes. The upright shape claims a narrow strip of wall, and the bold ground lifts the essentials clear so nobody heads onto the floor without seeing them first.
Gym corridorsAlong a gym passage, timetables and class rules stand out in warm red as members head through. The colour carries the length of the corridor, and the tall format suits the slim wall between doorways, catching the schedule on the way through to a class or a session.
Site cabin wallsOn a cabin wall, permits and safety notices stay front and centre in a tight space. A portrait board fits where a wide one could not, and the strong red keeps the paperwork that matters impossible to walk past on a busy site.
Stairwell landingsFixed on a stairwell wall, a red board lands in view at every half-landing as people climb or head down. Its tall shape takes up the run of wall the stairs afford, and the vivid ground lands an alert well before anyone reaches the floor above.
Entrance lobbiesJust inside a busy entrance, a red board greets arrivals with the notices they need first, at standing height. The bold colour pulls attention the moment people step in, so visitor guidance and alerts land before anyone reaches the desk.
Studio door baysBeside a studio door, class times and house rules sit in the eyeline of everyone arriving. The upright shape uses a slim return of wall, and the warm red keeps the details quick to spot in the moments before a session starts.

After a Shorter Red Board?

Where the wall is lower, the shorter Unframed Red Felt Noticeboard brings the same red felt in a half-height panel that stacks flush beneath this one, and the range also runs to grey, green and blue.

Call us on 01279460460 or send us your requirements and we will get back to you.

NB2209R is an Unframed Red Felt Noticeboard from Displaysense, a tall portrait board built to make notices impossible to miss. Warm red felt takes push pins and Velcro hook tape across an open face. Height 1200mm, width 900mm, weight 4kg. Hangs portrait or landscape. Wall fixings supplied in the kit. Made in the UK from eco-friendly felt and approved by the Department for Education. Frameless fabric-wrapped edges butt together so panels tile into one continuous run. Chosen by workshops, gyms, schools and busy entrances nationwide. Also made in grey, green and blue, in five sizes, the largest 2400mm by 1200mm. Displaysense, UK display specialist since 1978.

Workshops, gyms and busy entrances all live or die by whether a notice gets seen in the second someone walks past, and a red board tilts that in your favour. Stood by a door or along a corridor, it lifts rotas, alerts and safety notices clear of a neutral wall and holds them at the height people actually look. A landscape board spreads its content wide and low, but this one ranges the must-reads up a single column, right where a passing glance naturally falls as people move through. Best suited for corridors, entrances and shop floors where the notices simply cannot be allowed to blend into the background and go unread by the people meant to see them.

Underneath the colour sits a plain, useful form, a portrait panel taller than it is wide, made for the upright runs of wall a wide board cannot fill. It is a single sheet of unframed felt, the red wrapped over the edges and secured behind, giving a clean, unbroken face from head to foot with no border or trim to break the run. Set two panels end to end and they meet along a fine seam that reads as one continuous board, so a display grows from a single column into a full run as an area gets busier, all in the slim strips of wall other boards leave bare between doors, windows and fittings.

Keeping the board current takes seconds, whichever way a notice goes up. A push pin presses paper into the felt and lifts straight off again, while Velcro hook tape carries a heavier laminated sign that has to move without leaving a hole behind. On a tall column the fixed notices can hold the top and the changing ones sit below, none of them crowding the same patch of felt or pushing another notice out of view. The felt springs back between changes, so a board that turns over at the start of every shift keeps a sharp, unmarked red face rather than looking tired and pockmarked by the end of a busy week.

Lightweight even at its size, the board is easily put up by one person rather than needing two, so a team is not held up getting it onto the wall. Once it is up it barely needs looking after, with the dense felt taking pin after pin without wearing thin and the warm red holding its depth rather than fading under the lights above it. In a workshop or a busy entrance that runs hard all week, it reads as sharply at the end of term as it did on the first day, ready for years of daily notices without losing its edge.

What Ships with This Noticeboard

  • 1 x unframed red felt noticeboard with fabric-wrapped edges
  • 1 x fixing pack with wall plugs

Prefer a Framed Edge or Buying in Bulk?

We supply noticeboards in quantity to schools, offices, NHS trusts and councils across the UK. Where a defined, protected border suits one fixed spot, the Red Felt Noticeboard with Aluminium Frame offers this size with an aluminium trim around the felt.

Call us on 01279460460 or send us your requirements and we will get back to you.

NB2209R is an Unframed Red Felt Noticeboard from Displaysense, a tall portrait board built to make notices impossible to miss. Warm red felt takes push pins and Velcro hook tape across an open face. Height 1200mm, width 900mm, weight 4kg. Hangs portrait or landscape. Wall fixings supplied in the kit. Made in the UK from eco-friendly felt and approved by the Department for Education. Frameless fabric-wrapped edges butt together so panels tile into one continuous run. Chosen by workshops, gyms, schools and busy entrances nationwide. Also made in grey, green and blue, in five sizes, the largest 2400mm by 1200mm. Displaysense, UK display specialist since 1978.

Full specifications for the NB2209R unframed red felt noticeboard, each line paired with what it means in daily use. This is a tall, borderless panel whose warm red felt grips push pins and Velcro hook tape, whose wrapped edges butt up to the next board, and whose wall fixing kit arrives boxed and ready to hang.

900 x 1200mm
Board Size
Red Felt
Surface
Pin + Velcro
Pinning
Wall Fixings
Included
4kg
Light Weight
SpecificationDetailWhat This Means for You
Board Size900mm x 1200mmHeight to spare for rotas, alerts and longer notices, in an upright shape that claims the slim wall runs and corridor gaps a wide board simply has to skip over.
ColourRed feltThe loudest ground in the felt range, pulling a glance from across a hall, and dark enough that the marks of daily pinning barely show against it.
SurfaceNon-woven feltDense fibres bite onto a push pin and catch Velcro hook tape, then close over the hole once a fixing lifts away, keeping the red face crisp under heavy, everyday use.
PinningPush pins and Velcro hook tapePaper goes up on a pin, heavier or often-moved cards go up on Velcro, and swapping between the two leaves the felt unmarked as a display is refreshed.
Wall fixingsWall fixings includedA fixing pack drops in the box alongside the board, with plugs for plasterboard, brick or a partition, so a tall panel is on the wall the same day it lands.
ApprovalDepartment for Education approvedBacked by Department for Education approval, worth knowing for any school, academy or college adding boards to classrooms, halls and corridors.
FrameUnframed, fabric-wrapped edgesNo trim rings the felt, just a thin joining seam, so a whole line of these boards looks like one long red display running the wall instead of a row of separate panels.
Weight4kgAt this weight a single fitter manages the whole job, lifting the board into a doorway or recess and holding it square while the fixings go in.
CoverOpen board, no doorThere is no glass or lock over the felt, so an urgent alert is pinned up in the moment it is needed and cleared away just as fast afterwards.
OrientationPortrait or landscapePortrait suits the tall walls it is built for, but nothing stops it hanging the wide way instead, so it fits whatever run of wall is going spare.
EnvironmentIndoorAn interior board for workshops, schools, gyms and lobbies, kept away indoors from the rain, damp and weather that an outdoor sign is built to shrug off.
Also available inRed, grey, green, blueMatch the shade to the setting, or run different colours to separate one team, floor or activity from another at a single glance.

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FAQs About This Felt Noticeboard

Q: Which large felt noticeboard makes notices stand out best?
A: For notices that have to be seen, the NB2209R is the pick, a 900 by 1200mm unframed red felt board that carries pins and Velcro. Its warm red ground drags the eye over from across a room, the upright surface stacks rotas and alerts in a column, and butting several together builds one long red wall.
Q: How do frameless felt boards join without a visible edge?
A: There is no border on an unframed board, because the felt wraps around the panel and is held at the back. Push two together and the wrapped edges touch along a thin line that the eye reads as one sheet. A frame would interrupt that, its raised edge standing proud of the felt between the boards.
Q: Can the felt take Velcro as well as drawing pins?
A: Both work on the felt face. Drawing pins are right for a sheet of paper, Velcro hook tape is better for a stiff card or a sign that keeps moving, since it leaves no pinhole. Whichever you use, it peels off the tight fibres cleanly and the surface is ready for the next notice.
Q: Does a red board suit a school or reception area?
A: It fits both. In a school the red lifts homework deadlines, house points and detentions off the wall, and in a reception it flags visitor rules and sign-in notices no one should walk past. The felt shrugs off constant re-pinning, and extra panels butt on when one board runs out of room.
Q: Is this board a good fit for a sports hall or community space?
A: Yes, on both counts. League tables, fixtures and club notices carry right across a noisy hall in a colour this strong, and the tough felt copes with being changed over and over by plenty of different hands. Its tall, slim shape drops neatly into the narrow wall gaps such venues tend to leave.
Q: Does this board come with wall fixings?
A: It does. A fixing pack is supplied with the board, its plugs suited to plasterboard, brick or a partition, so there is nothing extra to order first. The panel is light to handle without special tools, and driving a fixing into a stud where you can gives the most solid hold of all.
Q: What are the size and weight of this board?
A: It measures 900mm across and 1200mm top to bottom, and tips the scales at just 4kg. That upright shape slots onto a narrow wall or into a corridor yet still leaves a bold area to work with. Being so light, one pair of hands can hold it level while the fixings go in, and the felt suits pins and Velcro alike.
Q: How does the NB2209R differ from the smaller NB2206R?
A: Only the dimensions change. This one, the NB2209R, is the taller 900 by 1200mm board, whereas the NB2206R is the half-height 900 by 600mm panel. Each is an unframed red felt board that suits pins and Velcro and lines up with its neighbours. Go bigger for more reach, or smaller for a cramped spot.
Q: Is this board meant to hang portrait or landscape?
A: You can hang it either way. The 900 by 1200mm shape was drawn up for portrait, standing tall on a slim wall, but it turns on its side for a lower, wider spread with no trouble. Since a frameless panel has no set top or bottom, the edge that leads is simply the one you settle on at fitting.
Q: Will a bold red board still be easy to read?
A: It stays readable, because the felt is matt and throws none of the overhead light back into your eyes the way a shiny board would. Dark print sits crisply on the warm red behind it, so a notice can be picked out from the far side of a hall rather than washing into the colour.
Q: Is this board sold with UK delivery and returns?
A: Yes, the board ships nationwide, and it comes with free UK mainland delivery and a 28-day returns policy. Displaysense has kitted out UK offices, councils and classrooms since 1978, so what turns up is backed by a long-standing supplier rather than a passing trader.
Q: What colours and sizes does this board come in?
A: Beyond red, this 900 by 1200mm board is stocked in grey, green and blue, and the unframed felt line spans 900 by 600mm right up to 2400 by 1200mm. The grey suits a quieter, more corporate look. Every option shares the same borderless edge, so any mix of them still tiles into one clean run.

Noticeboards That Get Read in a School

A board only does its job when people actually stop and look. These reads cover the boards that work best in busy school corridors, how to set out safeguarding information so it is always seen, ways to make an attendance board land with pupils, and how to present British values clearly on a wall, so a bold board really pulls its weight in the kind of spot that pupils and staff pass by every single day.

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