9 Micklegate, York · since 1974

Forty minutes with an optometrist, and every price on the page.

Stanhope is an independent practice inside the bar walls. Three optometrists, two dispensing opticians, OCT and retinal imaging included in every full examination — and an NHS sight test, free, for everyone entitled to one.
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Today
Open until 17:30
NHS sight tests
Yes — free if eligible
GOC business reg.
C-04117
Established
1974
Show how sight changes what you see

Myopia — the eye focuses light in front of the retina, so distance blurs.A minus lens moves the focus back onto the retina. Sharp again.Hypermetropia — the focus would land behind the retina, so near work strains.

Urgent eyecare · CUES

Something has changed in your vision today?

Do not wait for an appointment and do not sit in A&E. We hold urgent slots every weekday under the NHS Community Urgent Eyecare Service. Telephone triage first, then a face-to-face appointment normally within 24 hours. No GP referral needed, and no charge.
  • Flashes
  • New floaters
  • Sudden loss of vision
  • Red, painful eye
  • Something in the eye
  • Sudden double vision
01904 668210Call before 16:00 for same-day triage. Out of hours, ring NHS 111.
What we do

Six clinics, one practice

Eye examinations

Forty minutes. Refraction, slit lamp, intraocular pressure, visual fields where indicated, plus OCT and retinal photography in the full examination. You leave with your prescription in writing.
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Contact lenses

Daily disposables through to toric, multifocal and rigid gas permeable. Keratoconus and post-graft fitting by Tomasz Bielak, who holds the BCLA fitting certificate.
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Children & myopia management

Free NHS examinations for under-16s, annually. Cycloplegic refraction where needed, axial length monitoring, and myopia control with MiSight or MiYOSMART on a monitored plan.
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Dry eye clinic

Tear film break-up time, meibography and lid assessment for blepharitis and MGD. A management plan you can actually keep up, reviewed at six weeks.
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Urgent eyecare

Flashes, floaters, red eye, foreign body and sudden change. Commissioned locally as CUES, so it is free at the point of use. Ruth Ellery prescribes independently, which means most cases finish here.
NHS · no charge

Dispensing & glazing

Measured on the frame you have chosen, not off a photograph. We glaze single vision on site, usually inside three working days; varifocals take five to seven.
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Fees · from 1 April 2026

What it costs, before you ring

Every fee we charge is on this page. If you are entitled to an NHS sight test we will tell you before we book you, not after.
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  • {{fees.urgent.name}}Flashes, floaters, red eye, foreign body. Telephone first.
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  • {{fees.plan.name}}Annual full examination, OCT, unlimited adjustments and repairs, 15% off a second pair.
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Your sight test is free if you

  • are under 16
  • are 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education
  • are 60 or over
  • have been diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
  • are 40 or over with a parent, sibling or child who has glaucoma
  • have been told by an ophthalmologist you are at risk of glaucoma
  • are registered sight impaired or severely sight impaired
  • receive Pension Credit Guarantee Credit, Income-based JSA, or Universal Credit and meet the criteria
  • hold a valid HC2 certificate
  • are eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher
Not sure? Ring and read us the first line of your benefit letter — it takes a minute and we would rather check than charge you.
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