What do I want from my optician?

  • Thorough 30 minute eye examinations
  • Medically based practice offering several specialist services not found elsewhere
  • Time available to provide full, appropriate and specialist advice
  • Ensuring continuity of care by being able to see the same optician year on year
  • Wide selection of frames from numerous local and UK based suppliers
  • Regular and specialist lenses from world renowned German lens manufacturer Rodenstock

When deciding which optician to use or if you’re just comparing prices… please remember to compare both the product and the service you receive in order to get a fair comparison.

Services we provide

  • Comfortable, relaxed test intervals of 30 minutes allowing time to perform additional tests, discuss requirements and needs or provide explanations following the eye test.
  • Highly qualified therapeutic optometrist providing NHS & private ophthalmic medicine prescriptions.
  • Provider of all East Lancashire’s NHS trusts enhanced optometric services.
  • Digital Topcon retinal photography included in all our examinations at no additional cost.
  • Specialist Digital Topcon photography of the external ocular surface can be performed, at no additional cost.
  • Cutting edge Topcon 3D OCT retinal scan to further enhance our diagnostic ability (fees apply).
  • Fair professional fee structure for our contact lens wearers to ensure the best value by only paying for what you use; hence not accruing large build ups of unused contact lenses / solutions.
  • No special offer gimmicks, loss leading promotions or pushy target driven sales.

Products we provide

  • Quality German manufactured Rodenstock lenses. We provide single vision, bifocal, varifocal, occupational, sport and specialist ophthalmic lenses.
  • Several local & UK based frame suppliers offering a full and wide range of frame choice.
  • We have over 1000 frames in stock covering all styles and budgets, from just £20 or free with NHS voucher.
  • In addition to our familiar designer range, we have a wide range of frames manufactured by spectacle manufacturers and many you may not heard of. Not simply a popular brand name added to the side of a basic frame.
  • All our frames across our entire range come with either a 12 or 24 month manufacturer warranty.
  • All our Rodenstock varifocal lens range are free-form in design and come with a 60 day non-tolerance guarantee.
  • Our in house lens tracer means you can re-use your frame and not be without it during the lens manufacture.
  • NHS voucher patients can enjoy free single vision / bifocal lenses with subsidised upgrades for more specialist lenses and a wide range of free with voucher frames.

For the kids

  • The NHS voucher (for under 16 or under 19 in full time education) we use to cover the full cost of the prescription lenses, as well as offering subsidised upgrades for higher index, thinner lenses.  Plus we reduce the cost of all our frames in store by £20. This ensures we have a large range of quality frames at no charge and higher quality frames at a lower cost.
  • We do not offer ‘buy one get one free’ on all of our children’s spectacles.  However should a second pair be needed, at the time of original purchase we offer free lenses on the second pair, so only the frame cost is charged.
  • We also have an optometrist or qualified dispensing optician working in practice 6 days a week throughout our entire opening hours for any dispenses, adjustments or repairs. We do however, provide our home visit service on Tuesday so there may be some interruption to our in-practice optometric services provided on that day because of this.

Glasses and prescriptions from other opticians

Frame adjustments

We offer free adjustments and minor repairs (screws / pads) for all our own frames.

Any frame from elsewhere may, if deemed appropriate, be adjusted. Should work be undertaken, it is done so at your own risk and will incur a charge. All proceeds of this charge will go to our local charity. This is currently Bosom Friends of Barnoldswick.

Getting glasses elsewhere

You have a right to have your prescription dispensed wherever you choose. However:

The prescribing and dispensing of spectacles are closely linked, it is best to have your spectacles dispensed where you have your eyes examined. It is often more difficult to resolve any problems you may have with your spectacles when prescribing and supply are separated.

The College of Optometrists

Following our college guidelines; we always recommend that you have your glasses dispensed where you have your eye test performed, wherever that may be.

Please be aware we do not provide any measurements necessary for the dispense of spectacles after the eye examination. Following the eye test, the responsibility of choosing an appropriate lens, performing the required measurements and ensuring an appropriate fit lies with whomever performs the dispense.

Prescriptions from elsewhere

We do accept valid optical prescriptions from elsewhere, however we will often request to perform a private full eye examination and the prescription will be rechecked by us.

We will refund the cost of the eye test off the glasses purchase so you are not out of pocket.

This ensures we minimise any potential problems that may arise with your new spectacles.  In the unlikely event that there are any issues with your new spectacles, all aspects of the prescribing process are under one roof so any problems are much easier to resolve.