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Urgent eye care in Heckmondwike: seen today, free, no referral
A red or painful eye, new flashes or floaters, something stuck in it, a sudden blur. Ring Market Street and we see you today, at no charge, whether you have been here before or not. If it needs the eye department, we ring Pinderfields ourselves and send your scans ahead.
Come here first
Sore eye? Come to Armitage Opticians today, for free.
Heckmondwike, Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield, Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Liversedge, Birstall: wherever you are, come here first. We look at the eye properly today, and if it needs a specialist, we refer you on and fast-track it ourselves.
Rung the GP?
Come here instead. We have the eye microscope, the pressure check and the retinal scanner the surgery doesn’t, and we see you today, not next week. We’ll write to your GP afterwards.
Thinking about A&E?
Come here first. Twenty minutes with an optometrist on Market Street beats hours in a waiting room, and we have the equipment to find what’s wrong. If it needs the eye department at Pinderfields, we ring them while you’re in the chair, send your scans ahead, and you go in fast-tracked, not to the back of the queue.
Never been to Armitage?
Doesn’t matter. Anyone nearby with an urgent eye problem is seen today, free with a local GP. No referral, no forms, no charge. Ring, and you’re booked in.
Which of these is you?
Ring Market Street for any of them. Today.
“My eye is red and it hurts.”
Sore, gritty, sticky or streaming, and new this week. Usually conjunctivitis, a scratch on the surface, an inflamed lid or a flare of dry eye, and usually treated in the chair the same day.
“I keep seeing flashes, and new floaters.”
Ring today even if it has settled. Most often the gel inside the eye pulling away harmlessly with age, but sometimes a tear in the retina, which needs the eye department fast. We look at the back of the eye and know within twenty minutes.
“One eye has gone blurry.”
Ring now. A sudden change in one eye is always seen the same day. If it dropped like a curtain, go to A&E instead and ring us on the way.
“Something went in my eye at work.”
Grinding, dust, a splinter: do not rub. Rinse with clean water, then ring. Under the microscope we can find and remove what a mirror cannot, and check the surface underneath.
“My eyelid is swollen and hot.”
A stye or a blocked gland is common and treatable here. A lid that is hot, spreading and painful, especially with a temperature, is seen today.
“I wear lenses and my eye is red.”
Lens out, keep it and the case, and ring. A red eye in a lens wearer is seen the same day, because an infection under a lens moves quickly.
Free. Same-day appointments at Armitage Opticians, 14 Market Street.
The exceptions
Go straight to Dewsbury and District Hospital A&E if
A blow or a cut
A blow to the eye and you cannot see properly, or a cut to the eye itself.
Chemicals
Chemical in the eye: rinse with water for fifteen minutes first, then go.
A curtain
Sudden loss of vision in one eye, like a curtain coming down.
Severe pain with nausea
A very painful eye with nausea or a headache, especially with haloes around lights.
The eye department for Kirklees is at Pinderfields in Wakefield; Bradford Royal Infirmary and St James’s in Leeds have eye casualties too. Everything else: ring us, today.
Getting here
Market Street, Heckmondwike, from wherever you are
From Dewsbury
Ten minutes up the A638, or the 229 from the bus station, which stops on Market Street. Parking outside the door and at the Green car park.
From Batley, Mirfield and Cleckheaton
Ten minutes by car from each. Cleckheaton down the A638, Mirfield along the A644, Batley across on the A652.
From Liversedge, Birstall and Gomersal
Five to ten minutes. Two minutes from junction 26 of the M62 if you are coming off the motorway.
Five practices, one family
Armitage Opticians is part of a family of independent opticians, not a chain
Armitage has been on Market Street for years, and it is run the way we would want our own parents looked after: unhurried, honest, and by people who know your name. Behind it are four sister practices across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, the same optometrists’ training, and the same rule for urgent eyes: today, and free.
- IndependentFamily owned since 2017. No head office, no targets on the desk.
- LocalRooted in each town, with the same faces every visit.
- World-classHospital-grade imaging, and optometrists trained beyond the standard test.
- PersonalForty-five minutes, explained plainly, and time to talk.
Today
Call Armitage Opticians, Heckmondwike
If you don’t get through to anyone, leave your number below and we’ll call you back as soon as we can. Or book the urgent slot online and we’ll see you today.
14 Market Street, Heckmondwike WF16 0JU · Market Street and the Green car park · Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm · Saturday and Sunday closed
Frequently asked questions
I live in Dewsbury. Is Heckmondwike really the nearest place for this?
For an optometrist who can see you the same day with a microscope, a pressure check and a retinal scanner, yes: ten minutes on the 229 from Dewsbury bus station, or up the A638. Dewsbury and District Hospital A&E is for injuries and sudden loss of sight; everything else is quicker and better here.
Do I pay anything?
Nothing, if you are registered with a GP in the area. Urgent eye care is funded by the NHS. If you are not registered locally, tell us and we still see you today; the appointment is then £60.
What if it needs the hospital?
We ring the eye department at Pinderfields, or Bradford Royal Infirmary for the Bradford side, send them our photographs and scans, and you go in as a referred patient rather than joining the queue from scratch.
Can I come from Batley, Mirfield or Cleckheaton?
Yes. Ten minutes from each. Ring first so the optometrist is expecting you and the slot is held.