Independent Opticians of the Year
Benjamin Opticians has been providing award-winning eye care services to the local community in Skipton, Craven and the Yorkshire Dales for over 70 years. We are proud to announce Benjamin Opticians is a finalist in the Optician Awards 2020 for Independent Practice of the Year. In 2019 we were awarded Independent Opticians of the Year in the Sightcare awards, a finalist in the Optician Awards and other accolades. Benjamin’s is an independent Optometrists & Contact Lens Practitioners based in Skipton. Our mission is to provide excellence in eye health and find your perfect frames. Experience exemplary service, professional advice and explore an extensive range of designer frames and sunglasses in our stylish and chic private dispensing rooms.
Welcome to Benjamin Opticians
A private practice with professional service, attention to detail and the finest range of spectacles and sunglasses.
Experience exemplary service and advice in the beautiful surroundings of our Georgian building.
The Gift of Great Vision!
Win a £100 Benjamin Opticians gift voucher to give to someone special this christmas!
Evil Eye – Advanced Skiing Eyewear
It’s the Ski Season and new to Benjamins – an exclusive range of high performance ski wear with very vivid colour ways – great for our lady skiers!
Evil Eye is where precision optics meet uncompromising performance. Born from Austrian engineering and driven by a passion for outdoor sport, the brand crafts high-tech eyewear designed to thrive in extreme conditions—from Nordic skiing and alpine ascents to trail descents. With adaptive lenses, ergonomic fit systems, and bold design language, Evil Eye empowers athletes and adventurers to move with clarity, confidence, and style—no matter the elevation.
Congratulations to our winners!
If you entered our competition during our Open Day, we are pleased to announce the winners today.
Congratulations to all our winners.
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses: Now available at Benjamin Opticians
Step into the future with Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses—where iconic design and advanced technology come together to redefine how you see and share the world.
Crafted in collaboration with Meta, these smart glasses retain the timeless Ray-Ban aesthetic while integrating powerful features like hands-free photo and video capture, open-ear audio, and voice-activated Meta AI. Whether you’re livestreaming your adventures, taking calls on the go, or capturing spontaneous moments, Ray-Ban Meta keeps you connected—stylishly.
INTRODUCING: Our Dry Eye Suite
Comprehensive treatment for all patients suffering with Dry Eye Disease
We are now proudly able to offer advanced treatment for Dry Eye. Announcing our Dry Eye Clinic – a brand new service at Benjamin Opticians.
Our newly created Dry Eye Suite will now house our specialist equipment to treat your Dry Eye Disease. At Benjamin Opticians we always strive to offer you the best service with the latest technology. This is a huge step forward in the treatment of this condition that afflicts many of us.
We now offer IPL a new light therapy to enhance tear production, plus a wealth of other treatments, tailored to your exact needs, which dramatically improves the condition.
Myopia management in Children
Myopia today represents a global health crisis, with half of the world’s population, expected to be short-sighted by 2050.
At first the child experiences blurred distance vision, which worsens as they grow up. It can progress rapidly in children, and may lead to sight-threatening eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, retinal detachment and macular degeneration later in life.
Today, with Stellest™ lenses, it’s possible to control their myopia progression. This is a major and a crucial choice for our children, because the earlier you control their myopia progression, the less their vision will be impacted.
INTRODUCING: Nuance hearing glasses
Now available at Benjamin Opticians
Reimagine hearing enhancement with Nuance Audio. Directional microphones hone in on the voices that matter, while open-ear speakers keep you tuned in—without the bulk of traditional hearing aids.
Whether you’re in a lively restaurant or a quiet meeting, Nuance helps you engage with clarity, comfortably and confidently.
Available now at Benjamin Opticians – see the full demonstration at our Open Day on 20th September.
Introducing the Eye Wand LED+!
The heated Eye Wand LED+ uses the latest technology to help alleviate the symptoms of Dry Eye. It rehydrates and revitalises dry, tired eyes.
This device is a blessing for all dry eye sufferers.
Introducing AVA - Advanced Visual Accuracy. The most advance eye examination in Yorkshire
Experience a comfortable and super-accurate examination and our best-ever digital lenses, giving you your best all round vision.
Enjoy the full potential of your vision like never before.
Comprehensive Eye Examination
Your eyes are precious – at Benjamin Opticians, we strive to offer every patient the best care and make sure our eye examinations are accurate and thorough, so you are assured of having the right prescription and advice from our qualified team of Optometrists.
OCT Scans
The latest technology – OCT, or Ocular Coherence Tomography, helps your optician diagnose potential problems with your eyes. Using OCT, your Optician at Benjamin’s is able to see beneath the surface of the back of your eyes where problems may manifest.
Frames & Lenses for Your Lifestyle
We stock a large selection of frames & lenses, from everyday wear to your favourite designer brands including Tom Ford, Prada, Oakley & Ray Ban
Your Favourite Brands
Why Choose Benjamins
The Benjamins way
Since its establishment by Clifford Benjamin in 1953 the practice aim has been to achieve the highest standards of clinical and customer care.
We are proud of our heritage and attribute our success to our values today, still built on that principal.
Award winning eye care excellence for over 70 years!
State of the art facilities
Benjamin’s is less than 100 metres from Skipton’s busy High Street. The listed building in which the practice is based has four high-tech consulting rooms each with the latest state-of-the-art optical testing equipment. We now offer as standard, AVA – the world’s most advanced eye examination; the latest Optomap and OCT 3D scan and ‘no air puff’ tonometry.
Independent Award-Winning Local Business Established for Over 70 Years
Private Dispensing Rooms for your Safety and Comfort
Latest Technology and Methods including OCT and Optomap Eye Scans with every examination