Free · Today · Winsford, Northwich, Middlewich, Crewe
Urgent eye care in Winsford, for mid Cheshire: same day, free
Leighton is a long wait for a sore eye. Ring Delamere Street and an optometrist looks at it under the microscope today, free with a local GP, whether or not you have been to us before. If it needs the eye department, we ring them and send the scans while you are still in the chair.
Come here first
Sore eye? Come to Winsford Eye & Footcare today, for free.
Winsford, Northwich, Middlewich, Sandbach, Crewe, Nantwich, Knutsford, Tarporley, Warrington: wherever you are in mid Cheshire, 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 Delamere Street beats hours at Leighton, and we have the equipment to find what’s wrong. If it needs the eye department, 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 us?
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.
The calls we get from across mid Cheshire
Ring for any of them. Every one is seen today.
“My eye is red and sore and it started this week.”
Conjunctivitis, a scratch, an inflamed lid or a dry eye flare, most of the time. Seen under the microscope and usually treated in the chair the same day.
“Flashes of light, and floaters I have never had before.”
Ring today, even if it has calmed down. Usually the gel inside the eye separating harmlessly, but sometimes a retinal tear that needs the hospital quickly. We look at the back of the eye and know in twenty minutes.
“One eye went blurry this morning.”
Ring now. A sudden change in one eye is always seen the same day. A curtain across the vision is A&E, and ring us on the way.
“Something flew into my eye on the farm or at the works.”
Do not rub. Rinse with clean water, then ring. Metal, grit and chaff can be found and removed under the microscope, and the surface checked for a scratch.
“My eyelid has swollen up and it is hot.”
A stye or a blocked gland: common and treatable here. Hot and spreading, with a temperature: seen today.
“My contact lens eye is red.”
Lens out now, keep it and the case, and ring. Lens wearers with a red eye are seen the same day, because an infection under a lens moves fast.
Free. Same-day appointments at Winsford Eye & Footcare, 27 Delamere Street.
The exceptions
Go straight to Leighton Hospital A&E, without ringing, 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.
Leighton in Crewe, the Countess of Chester and the Royal Stoke all have A&E. Everything else: ring Delamere Street, today.
Getting here
27 Delamere Street, Winsford
From Northwich and Middlewich
Ten to fifteen minutes. The Delamere Street car park is directly opposite.
From Crewe, Nantwich and Sandbach
Twenty minutes up the A530 or A533. Winsford station is a ten-minute walk, on the Crewe to Liverpool line.
From Knutsford, Tarporley and Warrington
Twenty to thirty minutes. Town-centre bus stops are two minutes from the door.
Five practices, one family
Winsford Eye & Footcare: independent, family-run, not a chain
The name says footcare because podiatry shares the building; the eye clinic is a full independent opticians, run the way we would want our own family looked after: unhurried, honest, and by people who know your name. Four sister practices share the same 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 Winsford Eye & Footcare
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.
27 Delamere Street, Winsford CW7 2LX · Delamere Street car park opposite · Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm · Saturday and Sunday closed
Frequently asked questions
I am in Northwich or Middlewich. Is Winsford the nearest?
Ten to fifteen minutes from both, with the car park directly opposite the door. For Crewe, Nantwich and Sandbach it is twenty minutes up the A530 or A533, and still quicker than a hospital wait.
Is it free?
Yes, with a GP in the area, through the NHS urgent eye care scheme. Not registered locally? We still see you today, and the appointment is £60.
What if it needs the hospital?
We ring the eye department at Leighton in Crewe, or the Countess of Chester or Royal Stoke depending on where you live, send them our photographs and scans, and you arrive as a referred patient.
Do I need to have been a patient here?
No. Anyone from Winsford, Northwich, Middlewich, Sandbach, Crewe, Knutsford or Warrington with an urgent eye problem is seen today.