Ashgate Opticians, Sheffield | Sight tests, glasses and contact lenses

What we do

Everything for your eyes in one place

From the sight test to choosing frames, glazing them and fitting contact lenses. All of it under one roof, by people who will still be here next year.

Sight tests

A full 25 minute test with an optometrist, including retinal photography and pressures — not just the letters on the wall.

free on the NHS if you qualify Book a sight test →

Prescription glasses

Frames from £59, and lenses to match — single vision, office lenses, varifocals and photochromics. Glazed here, fitted here.

frames from £59 Come and try frames →

Contact lenses

Fitting, teaching and aftercare for soft and rigid lenses. Monthly direct debit if you want the lenses posted out.

from £14.50 a month Book a fitting →

Sunglasses

Sunglasses with a proper UV filter, and prescription sunglasses. Polarised lenses if you drive or fish.

from £45 Ask us about them →

Children

Sight tests are free on the NHS for under-16s, and the voucher covers a full pair from our children’s range. Tough hinges and no rush.

free with an NHS voucher Book for a child →

Repairs and adjustments

Adjustments, new nose pads, tightened screws or new lenses in a frame you already like. Small jobs while you wait.

adjustments free Bring them in →

Frames

Frames at every price

Frames and sunglasses across the range, from something sensible for £59 to hand-made acetate.

ASHWOOD

NORTHFIELDSheffield

CARRICK

BRAMLEY

HALLAMeyewear

MERIDIAN

WENTWORTHlenses

VERRA

Ask if you have something particular in mind — we can order a model in even if it is not on the wall.

Have a look round

Inside the shop

A light shop where you can take your time and try things on properly.

Lit display shelves of spectacle frames — The shop and the frame wall

Hand-made acetate frames laid out on a dark counter — Hand-made acetate frames

The testing room, with the phoropter and the chart — The testing room

Sunglasses on a wooden stand by the window — The sunglasses stand

Contact lenses, a case and solution laid out on the counter — Contact lenses

The children’s corner, with coloured frames — Children’s frames

A dispensing optician adjusting a pair of glasses at the bench

22

years
on this street

About the shop

An independent, and it shows

Ashgate has been on the same street for over twenty years. We are not part of a chain, so nobody has a target to hit and nobody will steer you towards a lens you do not need.

The test takes twenty-five minutes because that is how long it takes. Then we help you find frames that suit your face, and lenses that suit what you actually do — the computer, the car, the garden.

NHS sight tests for everyone who is entitled to one
GOC registered optometrists and dispensing opticians
The price on the frame is the price, and the lens options are explained

Optometrist

GOC registered · runs the practice

Does the sight tests and the contact lens fittings. Twenty years in practice, most of them here.

Dispensing optician

GOC registered · glazing and fitting

Glazes the lenses in the workshop out the back and adjusts every pair before it leaves. Also the one who rescues sat-on frames.

Frame stylist

Frames and sunglasses

Will tell you honestly whether a frame suits you. Knows the whole wall by heart and where everything sits on price.

When we are open

Opening hours

Walk in any time we are open. For a sight test it is better to book, by phone or through the form, so you are not waiting.

Monday9:00 – 18:00

Tuesday9:00 – 18:00

Wednesday9:00 – 18:00

Thursday9:00 – 18:00

Friday9:00 – 18:00

Saturday9:00 – 12:00

SundayClosed

Come in for a sight test

A sight test takes about half an hour. It is free on the NHS if you are entitled, and £30 if you are not. Booking means no waiting.

Closed for lunch Weekdays 1pm – 1.30pm. Thank you for bearing with us.

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What to expect

Three things we always do

Not testimonials — the things an opticians should be judged on.

You are told what the lenses do before you are told the price. Thinner, anti-reflection, photochromic — what each one is actually for, and whether your prescription needs it. Then the cost.

Your NHS entitlement gets checked first. Under 16, over 60, diabetic, on certain benefits — the test is free and there may be a voucher towards the glasses. We ask before you pay for anything.

Adjustments stay free, for as long as you have them. Frames move. Bring them in whenever they stop sitting right, whether it is next week or in three years.

Booking

Ask for a sight test

Fill this in and we will ring you back to fix a time — by the next working day at the latest.

01632 960540The shop, Mon–Fri during opening hours
hello@ashgateopticians.co.ukWe usually reply the same working day
25 Sharrow Vale Road, SheffieldS11 8ZF · two minutes from the tram stop

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