We're located in the heart of Morpeth, Northumberland on Bridge Street, offering spacious, light and fully accessible state of the art facilities. We offer unhurried eye examinations in comfortable, fully equipped consulting rooms and we're here whatever your needs and requirements. We have two optometrists and qualified support staff with over a century of optical experience between everyone.
We stock a large and varied range of frames and sunglasses, including prescription sunglasses, and supply and fit most types of contact lenses. We can supply industrial safety and occupational glasses too. Our glasses start at 30 complete for single vision and 75 for varifocals, including the frame, and there are other offers available.
We stock a large and varied range of frames and sunglasses, including prescription sunglasses, and supply and fit most types of contact lenses. We can supply industrial safety and occupational glasses too. Our glasses start at 30 complete for single vision and 75 for varifocals, including the frame, and there are other offers available.
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The use of eye drops to enlarge the pupil permits a much better view inside the eye. Ideally, we would recommend this procedure in all eye examinations but as it causes mild blurring of vision and light sensitivity for 1-2 hours, it can be a little inconvenient.
We will normally advise pupil dilation when viewing inside the eye is difficult, for example if the pupil is unusually small, or if there are cataracts, but also if we suspect there is something wrong inside the eye.If you would like this as part of your routine eye examination, tell the optometrist, and remember the blurring might prevent you from driving for a couple of hours afterwards, and bring sunglasses!
We will normally advise pupil dilation when viewing inside the eye is difficult, for example if the pupil is unusually small, or if there are cataracts, but also if we suspect there is something wrong inside the eye.If you would like this as part of your routine eye examination, tell the optometrist, and remember the blurring might prevent you from driving for a couple of hours afterwards, and bring sunglasses!
We know that today, almost three quarters of the people living in the UK wear either spectacles or contact lenses or at some time have had laser corrective surgery. You can help to keep your eyes in good working order by not smoking and eating a good diet with plenty of green, leafy vegetables. Sometimes your eyes could be affected by illnesses or conditions you were born with or which can change as you grow older.
Glaucoma is a complex group of eye problems but it can broadly be divided into chronic glaucoma (or open angle glaucoma), and acute glaucoma (also known as closed angle glaucoma). Chronic open angle glaucoma is the commonest form. Acute glaucoma is much less common but still affects about 1 in 1000 people.
AMD is a common eye problem which usually affects people in middle-old age and results in a deterioration of central vision. The retina is the light sensitive inner lining of the eye. It receives the image of things we see, transfers this into electrical impulses, and sends these to the brain along the optic nerve.
Amblyopia is sometimes known as 'lazy eye' and to understand what is meant by this it is helpful to consider how a normal eye develops through infancy. The eyesight in a new-born baby is quite poor. Think of this like a camera which has a poor quality film in it - no matter how well the camera is focused the picture quality will be poor.
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Sarah Farooqi
Feb 06, 2021
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I have been looked after by this family run opticians for 20 years and I can't rate them highly enough. Each member of staff is extremely helpful and polite. Mr. Gray is an excellent optician who takes on my various eyesight challenges with patience, kindness and expertise. Nothing is too much trouble. Also an excellent selection of frames.
