diff --git a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/ErrorPageTemplate.tsx b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/ErrorPageTemplate.tsx
index c27c8eee31..54a567d86e 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/ErrorPageTemplate.tsx
+++ b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/ErrorPageTemplate.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type ErrorPageTemplateProps = {
 const ErrorPageTemplate: React.FC<ErrorPageTemplateProps> = ({ children }) => {
   return (
     <Container maxWidth="sm">
-      <MuiCard sx={{ marginTop: "1rem" }}>
+      <MuiCard sx={{ marginTop: "4rem" }}>
         {/* TODO <Helmet>
           <title>{`${title} | ${APP_SETTINGS.SITE_NAME}`}</title>
           <meta name="robots" content="noindex,noarchive" />
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/GlobalErrorPage.tsx b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/GlobalErrorPage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19c8f77f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ErrorPage/GlobalErrorPage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"use client"
+
+import React from "react"
+import ErrorPageTemplate from "./ErrorPageTemplate"
+import { Typography } from "ol-components"
+
+const GlobalErrorPage = ({ error }: { error: Pick<Error, "message"> }) => {
+  return (
+    <ErrorPageTemplate title="Unexpected Error">
+      <Typography variant="h3" component="h1">
+        Unexpected Error
+      </Typography>
+      {error.message || ""}
+    </ErrorPageTemplate>
+  )
+}
+
+export default GlobalErrorPage
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/app/c/[channelType]/[name]/page.tsx b/frontends/main/src/app/c/[channelType]/[name]/page.tsx
index ba46a40022..5c33fb3e1a 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/app/c/[channelType]/[name]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontends/main/src/app/c/[channelType]/[name]/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import ChannelPage from "@/app-pages/ChannelPage/ChannelPage"
 import { channelsApi } from "api/clients"
 import { ChannelTypeEnum } from "api/v0"
 import { getMetadataAsync } from "@/common/metadata"
+import handleNotFound from "@/common/handleNotFound"
 
 type RouteParams = {
   channelType: ChannelTypeEnum
@@ -18,13 +19,14 @@ export async function generateMetadata({
 }) {
   const { channelType, name } = params
 
-  const channelDetails = await channelsApi
-    .channelsTypeRetrieve({ channel_type: channelType, name: name })
-    .then((res) => res.data)
+  const { data } = await handleNotFound(
+    channelsApi.channelsTypeRetrieve({ channel_type: channelType, name: name }),
+  )
+
   return getMetadataAsync({
     searchParams,
-    title: `${channelDetails.title}`,
-    description: channelDetails.public_description,
+    title: data.title,
+    description: data.public_description,
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/app/global-error.tsx b/frontends/main/src/app/global-error.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43d2266c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/main/src/app/global-error.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"use client"
+
+/* This is the catch-all error page that receives errors from server rendered root layout
+ * components and metadata.
+ * It is only enabled in production so that in development we see the Next.js error overlay.
+ * It is passed an error object as an argument, though this has been stripped of everything except
+ * the message and a digest for server logs correlation; to prevent leaking anything to the client
+ *
+ * https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/routing/error-handling#handling-errors-in-root-layouts
+ */
+
+import React from "react"
+import GlobalErrorPage from "@/app-pages/ErrorPage/GlobalErrorPage"
+
+const GlobalError = ({ error }: { error: Error }) => {
+  return <GlobalErrorPage error={error} />
+}
+
+export default GlobalError
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/common/handleNotFound.test.ts b/frontends/main/src/common/handleNotFound.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7978b9e78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/main/src/common/handleNotFound.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type { AxiosError } from "axios"
+import handleNotFound from "./handleNotFound"
+import { nextNavigationMocks } from "ol-test-utilities/mocks/nextNavigation"
+
+describe("Handle not found wrapper utility", () => {
+  test("Should call notFound() for errors with status 404", async () => {
+    const error: Partial<AxiosError> = {
+      status: 404,
+      message: "Not Found",
+    }
+
+    const promise = Promise.reject(error)
+
+    await handleNotFound(promise)
+
+    expect(nextNavigationMocks.notFound).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  test("Should not call notFound() for success and return result", async () => {
+    const resolvedValue = { data: "success" }
+    const promise = Promise.resolve(resolvedValue)
+
+    const result = await handleNotFound(promise)
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(resolvedValue)
+    expect(nextNavigationMocks.notFound).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  test("Should rethrow non 404 errors", async () => {
+    const error = new Error("Something went wrong")
+
+    const promise = Promise.reject(error)
+
+    await expect(handleNotFound(promise)).rejects.toThrow(
+      "Something went wrong",
+    )
+    expect(nextNavigationMocks.notFound).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/common/handleNotFound.ts b/frontends/main/src/common/handleNotFound.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f34a77bece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/main/src/common/handleNotFound.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import type { AxiosError } from "axios"
+import { notFound } from "next/navigation"
+
+/* This is intended to wrap API calls that fetch resources during server render,
+ * such as to gather metadata for the learning resource drawer.
+ *
+ * The ./app/global-error.tsx boundary for root layout errors is only supplied the
+ * error message so we cannot determine that it is a 404 to show the NotFoundPage.
+ * Instead we must handle at each point of use so need a utility function. Below we
+ * use next/navigation's notFound() to render ./app/not-found.tsx
+ */
+
+const handleNotFound = async <T>(promise: Promise<T | never>): Promise<T> => {
+  try {
+    return await promise
+  } catch (error) {
+    if ((error as AxiosError).status === 404) {
+      return notFound()
+    }
+    throw error
+  }
+}
+
+export default handleNotFound
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/common/metadata.ts b/frontends/main/src/common/metadata.ts
index c16aff390b..c112873175 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/common/metadata.ts
+++ b/frontends/main/src/common/metadata.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { RESOURCE_DRAWER_QUERY_PARAM } from "@/common/urls"
 import { learningResourcesApi } from "api/clients"
 import type { Metadata } from "next"
+import handleNotFound from "./handleNotFound"
 
 const DEFAULT_OG_IMAGE = "/images/learn-og-image.jpg"
 
@@ -29,21 +30,16 @@ export const getMetadataAsync = async ({
   // The learning resource drawer is open
   const learningResourceId = searchParams?.[RESOURCE_DRAWER_QUERY_PARAM]
   if (learningResourceId) {
-    try {
-      const { data } = await learningResourcesApi.learningResourcesRetrieve({
+    const { data } = await handleNotFound(
+      learningResourcesApi.learningResourcesRetrieve({
         id: Number(learningResourceId),
-      })
+      }),
+    )
 
-      title = data?.title
-      description = data?.description?.replace(/<\/[^>]+(>|$)/g, "") ?? ""
-      image = data?.image?.url || image
-      imageAlt = image === data?.image?.url ? imageAlt : data?.image?.alt || ""
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.warn("Failed to fetch learning resource", {
-        learningResourceId,
-        error,
-      })
-    }
+    title = data?.title
+    description = data?.description?.replace(/<\/[^>]+(>|$)/g, "") ?? ""
+    image = data?.image?.url || image
+    imageAlt = image === data?.image?.url ? imageAlt : data?.image?.alt || ""
   }
 
   return standardizeMetadata({