The York Opticians

13/05/2026

We're delighted to be supporting the Haxby Runners 10K race this weekend. We'll be out volunteering on the course, and we have supplied two pairs of these Oakley Flak 2.0 XL with Prizm Road Jade lenses as spot prizes for two lucky runners. A few race places are still available so head to the link in comments if you want to be in with a chance of winning them.

05/05/2026

We hope you all had a delightful bank holiday weekend. We have a couple of eye test appointments available on Thursday and one has become available on Saturday due to a cancellation, don't hang around.

Photo of bank holiday activity for attention:

16/04/2026

And we're up and running normally again.

16/04/2026

We have been affected by an electrical fire locally meaning our Internet and phone lines are down. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you would like to contact us by email us we have limited access so will try to respond (posting this via my personal phone if you're wondering)

14/04/2026

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08/04/2026

Please enjoy this excerpt from a recent review:

"At the appointment I met Nikki, who asked loads of questions about what I was hoping to achieve, & she recommended about half a dozen frames to try. I settled on a pair of Oakley wrap around frames which Nikki helped to tailor make the arms to fit comfortably inside my crash helmet. The price was reasonable, & they only took a week to arrive. If you are a biker & encountering the same problem, I highly recommend giving York Opticians a call"

There's even more to it on Google reviews, along with the rest of our 5* reviews here: https://share.google/cooQnd1knvoVJSJhU

Call now to connect with business.

02/04/2026

We hope you'll all have the chance to enjoy the bank holiday too.

19/03/2026

PSA: Only one appointment remains for our last Saturday before Easter, book online or call 01904 621604 if you want to snap it up.

Also, Meta Ray Bans are here.

10/03/2026

New blog piece over on Substack if you want to know a bit about what your eyes are doing https://open.substack.com/pub/theyorkoptician/p/the-opias?r=7fup1q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

06/03/2026

Saturday opening for March:

March 14th and 28th. Appointments are already booking up for both dates so don't hang about.

17/02/2026

Happy Chinese New Year.

It's the year of the Fire Horse, so we thought we'd look up some information about equine vision:

They have good motion detection, which allows them to spot predators easily, and have better night vision than humans. Their ability to judge distance and depth is limited, especially as most of their field of view is monocular vision (with one eye), which is why they often raise their heads on approach to a fence. It also takes them longer to adjust from light to dark.

They have developed big, beautiful eyes that protrude from each side of their head. However, this also makes them more exposed, and therefore more vulnerable to blunt or sharp traumatic injury.

Link to the rest of the article from Horse & Hound in comments.