Buckingham Opticians was founded in July 2011, taking over the Spectacle Warehouse on Anlaby Road in Hull, and Edwards Opticians (formely jason@guyphilips) in Cottingham.  We offer a  friendly, personal and professional service tailored to the individual visual requirements of our patients.

We are able to examine patients from birth onwards, and can also examine patients who are hearing-impaired or for whom Engish is not their first language.  We are also able to examine patients with physical or learning disabilities, and are even able to visit patients in their own home if they are unable to leave home unaccompanied.

We offer comprehensive private and NHS eye examinations with thirty-minute appointments, screening for visual stress, quality spectacle frames to suit any budget, and top quality lenses, including the latest in FreeForm technology and Transitions Signature, the latest and most advance generation of plastic photochromic.

With over twenty-five years' experience in optometry, we are able to guide you through the bewildering range of choices of spectacle lens designs, materials, tints and coatings, and can find the right one to suit your needs.  

We also offer a full contact lens service, including daily and monthly disposables, torics and multifocals.  We are also able to fit and supply Duette hybrid lenses, a highly specialised lens type which offer the visual clarity of rigid lenses with the comfort and stability of soft lenses.

If you would like to know more, just send us an email or give us a ring.  If you are passing, pop in to one of the practices - we'll be pleased to see you. 

All lenses have distortions.  The higher the lens power, the greater these distortions will appear to the wearer.  Ordinary stock lenses are kept on a shelf until they are used - they are mass-produced, readily available and cheaper.  However, they have distortions which can make the wearer feel quite uncomfortable with the sloping, slanting effects ("meridional aniseikonia"), and the surface curves are arcs of a circle.  

Digital FreeForm lenses are different - they are specifically designed as a pair on a computer, which flattens the curves (parabolic, elliptic or hyperbolic) and reduces the distortion effects.  The lenses are thinner, flatter and lighter than ordinary lenses, and eliminate the sloping and slanting effects,  making the vision much more comfortable and far less like living in a goldfish bowl.  Due to the complexity of the lenses - both in terms of measurements by the optician and the bespoke design/manufacturing processes - they are more expensive than conventional lenses, but are also far superior.

At Buckingham Opticians we specialise in the measurement, supply and fitting of Digital FreeForm lenses which are available as single-vision, bifocal or varifocal designs, and include all of the various materials, tints and coatings which are available on standard lenses.

If you would like to know more, come along and speak to Stuart Buckingham.  He can explain in greater detail the way in which the lenses work, and can give you quote for your own specific requirements.