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An eye examination at Walker and Campbell using Optomap OCT

Critical eye conditions found using Optomap

Regular eye exams are vital to maintaining your vision and overall health and can help with the early and sight-saving diagnosis of critical eye conditions. Many eye problems can develop without you knowing. You may not even notice any change in your sight. Fortunately, we can detect diseases or damage such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, […]

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Bend the rules with WOOW Frames

Bring colour to your everyday life with the latest collection of WOOW Frames. We’re excited to bring you the very latest WOOW frames. WOOW consistently stands out from the crowd with their vibrant colours and wild frame designs.  And this latest collection is no exception; new palette of vivacious colours with distinct frame shapes combined […]

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Glaucoma Awareness

January is Glaucoma Awareness month in the UK, so we thought it would be a good idea to look more closely at this eye disease which affects so many people in the UK. Some key facts about Glaucoma: 80 million people worldwide have Glaucoma 10% of people in the UK go blind because of Glaucoma 500,000 […]

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Our Christmas opening times

As Christmas is fast approaching here is a reminder of our Christmas opening times: Friday 23rd Dec 9.00am – 5.30PM Saturday 24th Dec CLOSED Monday 26th Dec CLOSED Tuesday 27th Dec CLOSED Wednesday 28th Dec CLOSED Thursday 29th Dec CLOSED Friday 30th Dec CLOSED Saturday 31st Jan CLOSED Monday 2nd Jan CLOSED We are open […]

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Celebrating 40 years

Barbara Bryant, our lovely Practice Manager, celebrates a remarkable 40 years at Walker and Campbell this year. Since joining in 1982, Barbara has been integral to Walker and Campbell. A highly respected member of staff and vital to the development and success of the practice, she has seen many changes over those forty years as […]

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Thank you for your help

We’d like to thank you, our customers, for helping us to support the great work of Humanity Direct and Eye Will Ltd.  We collect and send your old spectacle frames to the charity so that they can be recycled for use in countries across Africa. Here’s a short video by Will Luff, from Eye Will Ltd. […]

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Closed for refurbishment 23 May to 3 Jun

Closed for refurbishment

We’re closed for refurbishment from Monday 23rd May to Friday 3rd June. But don’t worry, we’ll be back to usual business hours from Saturday 4th June, 8.30 am-1 pm, when we look forward to showing you our refreshed reception and dispensing area. New energy-efficient lighting and illuminated spectacle displays will improve the customer experience and […]

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Man with cataract eye

What are cataracts?

Cataracts are an eye condition where a build-up of protein prevents light from reaching the back of the eye, creating cloudy patches and vision loss. Vision will inevitably be misty and blurry as the eye’s lens becomes increasingly clouded. Depending on the lens, cataracts can affect the centre, sides or back of the lens, and […]

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MiyoSmart for Myopia

MiyoSmart is an innovative, award-winning, child-friendly spectacle lens proven to slow down myopia progression in children by up to 60%. What is Myopia? Myopia is short-sightedness. It occurs when the eyeball grows too fast, becoming too long, with the cornea too thick and curved. This causes light rays to focus in front of the retina […]

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Looking forward into 2022

Thank you to all our lovely patients for remaining loyal throughout a somewhat uncertain year.  2021 was quite a year, not just the disruption of Covid but with many exciting changes at Walker and Campbell.   The move to a private practice On November 5th 2021, we celebrated the first anniversary of becoming a private […]

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