Benjamin Opticians – Eye care excellence for over 70 years

Comprehensive private eye examinations, designer frames, best-ever lenses, sunglasses and specialist services.  Give your eyes the attention they deserve from the Independent Opticians of the Year.

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Benjamin Opticians – Eye care excellence for over 70 years

Comprehensive private eye examinations, designer frames, best-ever lenses, sunglasses and specialist services.  Give your eyes the attention they deserve from the Independent Opticians of the Year.

Eye TestsAppointments

Benjamin Opticians – Eye care excellence for over 70 years

Comprehensive private eye examinations, designer frames, best-ever lenses, sunglasses and specialist services.  Give your eyes the attention they deserve from the Independent Opticians of the Year.

Eye TestsAppointments

Benjamin Opticians – Eye care excellence for over 70 years

Comprehensive private eye examinations, designer frames, best-ever lenses, sunglasses and specialist services.  Give your eyes the attention they deserve from the Independent Opticians of the Year.

Eye TestsAppointments

Benjamin Opticians – Eye care excellence for over 70 years

Comprehensive private eye examinations, designer frames, best-ever lenses, sunglasses and specialist services.  Give your eyes the attention they deserve from the Independent Opticians of the Year.

Eye TestsAppointments

Benjamin Opticians – Eye care excellence for over 70 years

Comprehensive private eye examinations, designer frames, best-ever lenses, sunglasses and specialist services.  Give your eyes the attention they deserve from the Independent Opticians of the Year.

Eye TestsAppointments

Optician Awards 2020

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Using IDRA to analyse the Dry Eye
Stellest lenses help correct short sightedness or myopia

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.

Mypyopia Management in Children
Regular Eye Examinations

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.

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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.

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OCT Eye Scan at Benjamin Opticians

Frames & Lenses for Your Lifestyle

We stock a large selection of frames & lenses, from everyday wear to your favourite designer brands including Dior, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Oakley & Ray Ban
Designer & Everyday Spectacle Frames at Benjamin Opticians

Spectacle Frames

Exciting new ranges now in stock from Persol, Prue Leith,Tiffany & Co, Maui Jim, Ray-Ban, Saint Laurent, Tom Ford and Dior

Benjamin Opticians - Contact lenses Specialist

Contact Lenses

Our specialist Contact Lens Opticians will make sure your lenses are just right for you!

Sunglasses at Benjamin Opticians

Sunglasses

From designer names including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Tom Ford, Dior, Maui Jim and Tiffany & Co

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 OCT 3D scan and ‘no air puff’ tonometry.

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Independent Award-Winning Local Business Established for Over 70 Years

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Fully Qualified Staff Including Opticians & Lens Specialists
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Excellent Customer Care During your Visit & After
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Private Dispensing Rooms for your Safety and Comfort

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Latest Technology and Methods including OCT and Optomap Eye Scans with every examination

What our patients say about Benjamin opticians…

My recent appointments at Benjamin Opticians can be described as ‘eye opening’  The back of my eyes were scanned and found to be healthy. The machine used to test my sight was operated by computer and is one of only nine in the country.
Throughout the test the optician explained what was happening and I felt completely relaxed.
Having struggled throughout lockdown with the changes in my vision, it was a relief to discuss these changes and formulate an action plan. I am confident about the advice I have been given.
The lenses in my frames have been altered and I was able to wear them within three days of the examination.
The staff are professional,helpful and friendly. Roma Turner, Skipton

Very happy with my new personally tailored varifocal specs – I don’t realise I am wearing varifocals – I can just see everything clearly all the time whatever I am doing. Especially useful for climbing stiles on country walks!

Mrs J Robinson, Skipton

I have been with Benjamins for over 20 years. The service I receive is absolutely second to none. Nothing is too much trouble. The care and attention is by far the best. The whole team are amazing. Thank you for everything X.

Kelly Hayes

I brought my Dyslexic son in for a pair of coloured glasses last November and his reading has improved dramatically. Daniel used to use overlays at school but struggled to write too. Since he’s had the coloured glasses, he’s leapt forward.

Mandy Abramson, Skipton

I am very pleased with my new Varifocal lenses. They afford me a greater field of vision without any distortion – the clarity is great.

K.B. Oxenhope

As soon as I put them on, I was amazed at how good they were. One of the main benefits is the ease of viewing a wide-screen computer monitor, but all round they really are good and I got used to them in no time at all.

Mr Michael Bottomley, Skipton

Appointments

For eye tests & spectacle fittings

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Opening Hours

Mon - Fri 8:00am - 6.00pm

Saturday 8:00am - 5.00pm

Sunday  Closed

Get in touch

Phone: 01756 792 933

Email: info@benjamin-opticians.co.uk

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