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Wall Murals

Bespoke wall muralsprinted straight onto your wall

A mural without the ladders, the drying time or the plastic. We print your artwork directly onto the wall as one continuous photographic image, up to 4 metres high and unlimited in length, anywhere in the UK.

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What we do

Any image you can supply, printed as a mural on the wall itself

A wall mural used to mean one of two things: a hand-painted commission that took an artist days on site, or a printed vinyl or wallpaper mural delivered in panels and pasted up. Direct-to-wall printing is a third option. A vertical UV printer is positioned against your wall, calibrated to the surface, and lays your artwork straight onto it in a single controlled pass.

Because the ink goes onto the wall rather than onto a material stuck to the wall, the finished mural has no joins, no seams, no lifting edges and nothing to peel. It reads as part of the building. The UV-LED lamps cure the ink the instant it lands, so the mural is touch-dry as the machine moves along and the room can be used again straight away.

Photographs, illustrations, brand artwork, landscapes, skylines, graffiti-style pieces, botanical designs, children's characters and abstract textures all print well. If it can be printed on paper, in most cases we can print it on your wall.

Corporate logo artwork set over a glass skyline, prepared for large-format wall printing

Corporate logo artwork set over a glass skyline, prepared for large-format wall printing

The problem with mural wallpaper

Most printed murals arrive in panels, and you can always see the joins

Mural wallpaper and vinyl murals are manufactured as strips or panels because that is the only way to transport and hang them. However carefully they are aligned, the joins are there: a vertical line every metre or so, usually at eye level, that becomes more noticeable the longer you live with the wall.

Then there is the practical side. Paste, drying time, trimming, off-cuts, bubbling in humid rooms, edges lifting near doorways and radiators, and eventually a stripping job that takes plaster with it and leaves a bill for making good.

Hand-painted murals avoid the seams but bring their own constraints: days of access, an artist working around your operation, and a design that cannot be reproduced exactly if you want the same look in a second location.

Museum gallery wall printed with a large-scale ancient history mural of Greek architecture

Side by side

Printed wall murals compared with mural wallpaper and hand painting

The same wall, three very different processes. This is what actually changes for the person paying for the work.

Consideration Mural wallpaper or vinyl Direct-to-wall printing
Finish across a large wall Hung in panels, leaving visible joins and overlaps One continuous image, unlimited length, no joins at all
Maximum size Limited by roll widths and panel counts Up to 4 metres high, unlimited in length
Detail Good, but detail softens at large format Ultra-high-definition photographic output with accurate colour
Time on site Paste, alignment, trimming and drying time Printed and cured as it goes, space usable immediately
Repeatability Reprintable, but re-hanging is another install job The same file prints identically in every location
Changing it later Stripping, adhesive residue, damaged plaster, replastering Print over it or paint over it with standard emulsion
Waste Backing paper, off-cuts, packaging and eventual landfill Ink only: nothing to dispose of

Why printed murals

What you get from a printed mural that you do not get from wallpaper

Genuinely seamless

From a single feature panel to a design running the length of a corridor, the artwork stays continuous. No line at eye level, no overlap catching the light.

Photographic detail

Fine gradients, skin tones, foliage, brick textures and small type all hold up at scale, so photographs look like photographs rather than enlargements.

Any subject at all

Landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife, abstract colour fields, historic photography, illustration, brand artwork or something our design team draws from scratch.

Print on what is already there

Plaster, painted walls, concrete, brick, wood, glass, tile and even existing wallpaper. In most cases there is no preparation or lining to pay for.

Around 10 years indoors

UV-cured ink does not fade in sunlight, and the finish is scratch resistant and washable, so a mural in a busy corridor still looks right years later.

No landfill at the end

There is no plastic film, no backing paper and no adhesive, so when the design changes there is nothing to strip out and send away.

Where murals go

Rooms and buildings we print murals in every week

Murals work hardest where a wall is already being looked at: the space people wait in, walk through or photograph.

Reception areas and atriums

The first wall a visitor sees. A mural sets the tone before anyone speaks, and does it without the cost of stone, timber or bespoke joinery.

Offices and breakout spaces

Large murals soften open-plan floors, mark out zones and give staff something better to look at than plasterboard.

Healthcare and children's wards

Calming landscapes in waiting areas, playful characters in paediatrics. GREENGUARD Gold certified inks make this suitable for sensitive environments.

Schools and nurseries

Corridors, halls and libraries printed with maps, timelines, artwork or wayfinding, in a finish that survives being leaned on.

Restaurants, bars and hotels

Feature walls that photograph well, which matters when guests are the ones distributing your imagery.

Retail and showrooms

Full-height lifestyle imagery behind the product, refreshed whenever the range or the season changes.

Recent work

Printed in place, on real walls

Fine art black and white portrait artwork prepared for direct-to-wall printingMuseum gallery wall printed with a large-scale ancient history mural of Greek architectureChildren's hospital ward wall printed with a playful park scene muralItalian restaurant interior wall printed with a scenic coastal muralSpa treatment room wall printed with a calming botanical mural and spa brandingSchool classroom wall printed with an educational quote and world map mural
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The detail

Everything that decides whether a mural works

Artwork and resolution

Large-format printing is unforgiving of small files. The best starting points are high-resolution photography, vector illustration or artwork created at scale. If your file is smaller than ideal, we assess it honestly and upscale where the result will hold up, rather than printing something that looks soft on a four-metre wall.

If you do not have artwork, our mural design service creates it. We work from a brief, your brand assets and the dimensions of the actual wall, then proof the design in position so you can see how it lands before we print.

Surfaces, corners and tolerances

We print onto plastered walls, painted walls, concrete, brick, wood, glass, tiles, plastics, paper, canvas and existing wallpaper. The printer copes with up to a two-inch variation in the wall surface, so a wall does not have to be perfectly flat. Protruding obstacles can cause issues, which is why every job is assessed in person before we quote.

External corners are not a problem. The printer cannot print into internal corners or tight recesses, so designs are planned to finish neatly before an internal corner or to continue onto the next wall as a deliberate part of the composition.

Durability and maintenance

Expect around 10 years indoors and 5 years outdoors under normal conditions. The ink is UV-cured, so sunlight does not fade it, and the surface is scratch resistant and waterproof: it can be wiped down or washed as part of normal cleaning.

When you eventually want a change, there is no removal contractor and no making good. You print straight over the old mural or paint over it with standard interior emulsion.

How it works

From first phone call to a finished wall

01

Free consultation and site visit

We measure the wall, check the surface and its condition, look at access and parking, and confirm whether the design is indoor or outdoor. Consultations, site visits and quotes are free with no obligation.

02

Artwork: ours or yours

Send us your own file or use our design service. Where artwork needs upscaling for large-format output we handle that first, and you approve a proof before anything reaches the wall.

03

Planning around the building

Designs are set out to finish cleanly before internal corners or continue onto adjoining walls. Obstacles are assessed in advance, and work at height is quoted as an add-on where the design sits off the ground.

04

Print day

We position and calibrate the printer, print straight onto the wall and leave the space ready to use immediately. RAMS paperwork is supplied per job, and our team is DBS checked and CHAS accredited.

Related services

Where to read more

Bespoke wall graphics and mural printing Mural design service UV wall printing All 9 services Areas we cover

Frequently asked

Questions we are asked before every job

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