Opticians in Heald Green

No. Forty-five minutes with your optometrist: twelve checks of your sight and eye health, a photograph of the back of each eye, and the 3D OCT scan if you want it. Nothing is skipped, and nobody is waiting behind you. “Personal service. Not rushed.”

The 3D OCT scan shows the layers behind the retina, where glaucoma, macular change and diabetic damage begin, years before you’d notice anything. Every test here looks ahead as well as at today, and you see the pictures yourself. “The care and thoroughness of every aspect of the visit.”

Your scans go on the screen in front of you, and your optometrist explains them until they make sense. You leave knowing what’s healthy, what to watch, and what to do next. “They explain everything clearly, take their time, and truly want the best outcome.”

No. We ask your budget first and work inside it. You see every option with its price before you decide anything, and if your prescription has barely changed, we’ll tell you. “Very friendly, very helpful. Not pushy.”

Gentle, unhurried, and turned into a game. We explain everything to you both, and if a prescription keeps rising year on year, we can slow it. Free on the NHS under 16. “An excellent experience, especially for the children.”

We’re a family business, and we treat you the way we’d want our own family treated. We take time to understand you and your life, tell you honestly what you need and what you don’t, and you see the same faces next time. “The best optician I have dealt with.”

Yes, of course. Most of the eye tests we do end with “see you in two years”. If you need glasses we show you every option with its price, and there is no pressure at any point.

Free on the NHS if you qualify, £55 privately, and forty-five minutes either way. The 3D OCT scan is £35 and the dry eye gland scan £15, and both can be added to any test. Every price →

Yes, of every age, and free on the NHS under 16 (or under 19 in full-time education). Gentle, unhurried and explained to you both. If a prescription keeps rising year on year, we can slow it. Children’s eye tests →

Yes. A contact lens aftercare check is £70 for existing wearers, whoever fitted them, and fittings (£95, with free trial lenses) if you are new to lenses or want to change type, including multifocal and lenses for prescriptions that are harder to fit. Contact lenses →

Yes, minor and major, whether or not you bought them from us. Adjustments, nose pads, screws and small repairs are done while you wait. Larger repairs and replacement parts we send away, and we tell you the cost before we start.

Yes, £25. Bring the form with you and we complete the vision section after your eye test. Tell us when you book so we allow the time.

Yes, there is a toilet you are welcome to use. Step-free entrance from Finney Lane. Tell us when you book if there is anything that would make your visit easier.

Yes, £55, the same as a private eye test. Bring your current prescription, or what you were told elsewhere. We start from scratch, show you what we find on the screen, and tell you plainly whether we agree.

• NHS sight test (Free, 30 min · under 16, over 60, diabetes, glaucoma in the family, or on certain benefits): Sight test and eye health check. Add the 3D OCT scan for £35.
• Private eye test (£55, 45 min · everyone else): Forty-five minutes with your optometrist: twelve checks, a retinal photograph, and time to talk.
• Gold eye examination (£95, 45 min · over 40, screen workers, or anyone who wants the full picture): Everything in the private test, plus the 3D OCT scan of the layers behind the retina, where glaucoma and macular disease start.
• Platinum eye examination (£125, 60 min · eye disease in the family, diabetes, a high prescription, or you want everything): The Gold examination, plus a full visual fields test and extra OCT scans, in an hour.
• Contact lens fitting (£95, 30 min · new to lenses, or switching type): Fitting, trial lenses and teaching. Free trial lenses for first-timers.
• Emergency appointment (Free, 20 min · red, painful, or a sudden change): The same day wherever we can. Free if you’re registered with a local GP, through the NHS urgent eye care scheme; £60 if not.

The school screen isn’t an eye test. Headaches after school, sitting close to the television, losing their place when reading: 20 minutes with us in Heald Green finds what the school check cannot. The prescription measured properly, a squint or a lazy eye checked while it can still be fixed, and the health of the eye checked inside and out. Pictures and games for the nervous ones.

“An excellent experience, especially for the children.”

Myopia control in Heald Green too: if the prescription starts to climb, we slow it here with MiYOSMART, MiSight or Ortho-K. We look after complex children’s cases, and we fit Tomato Glasses: non-slip, safe, adjustable frames for children from babies under one to teenagers. Only 7 to 8 grams, flexible and hard to break, with adjustable temples and nose pads so they fit and stay put.

New to lenses, or never got on with the pair you were given? We assess your eyes and tears, take precise measurements, teach handling at your pace, and check the fit at a follow-up. Already wear lenses? Bring them and their boxes to your aftercare check. Your eye test is free on the NHS, or £55.