HAVERHILL
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Queen’s Square, Haverhill
Suffolk CB9 9EG
01440 714441
All services available by appointment only
info@billsonopticians.co.uk
SERVICES
▪ NHS and Private Eye Examinations
▪ Contact Lens Fittings
▪ Over 60s Eyecare
▪ Free Kids Eyecare
▪ Cataract Referral
▪ Specialist Driving Lenses
▪ Hearing care
▪ Specialist Occupational Lenses
▪ Billson Price Promise
▪ Individualised Digital Lenses
OFFERS
FREE UPGRADE TO ZEISS SMARTLIFE LENSES - Available on Zeiss single vision and progressive lenses
BILLSON OPTICIANS PRICE PROMISE –
Find the same frames or lenses cheaper in any High Street Opticians and we’ll refund the difference.
10% OFF FOR ANY NHS EMPLOYEE (with NHS card)
20% OFF SECOND PAIRS (purchase on same day not required - ask in practice for details)
20% OFF FRAMES for students
EYEPLAN –
A great way to look after your eyes and make your money go further. Please talk to us for more details. Your spectacles will also be covered by Eyeplan’s Accidental Damage Cover.
All offers are subject to Terms and Conditions. Please contact us for details
WHY CHOOSE BILLSON OPTICIANS?
3 generations of experience
Here for the whole family regardless of age
Trusted reputation in your local community
Individual, because to us you’re not just a number
Independent and able to bring you the highest quality in frames, lenses and contact lenses
Eyeplan - the smart way to look after your eyes
EYECARE TIPS
MEET THE TEAM
Ian Billson
Ian Billson
One of the fastest Contact Lens Fitters in the U.K. ( I used to do track days on a very fast bike - 1000cc Yamaha ).
I try to take my birthday present into work with me a few days a week. Most say she is Gorgeous, but we call her Poppy.
We use her as our meet and greet ( she won't try to sell you anything, just happy with a tummy tickle ).
Christine
Contact Lens Coordinator
Contact Lens Coordinator
Christine has worked for Billson Opticians for 4 years
Christine says "No day is the same. You meet a lot of interesting people."
Christine is an equestrian enthusiast and has lived her life around horses.
Chanraj
Optometrist
Optometrist
Chan has been with Billson Opticians for about a year.
Chan says
"The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The patient experience is pleasant and time is taken to understand the individual needs of each patient and tailored solutions are provided specific to each patient. It really is a pleasure working for Billson Opticians."
I enjoy reading in my spare time and am an avid car enthusiast.
Kosta
Dispensing Optician
Dispensing Optician
I have been in optics since 1990 and qualified as an optician in Greece in 1994. I moved to the UK and qualified as a Dispensing Optician seven years ago, and although I miss the Greek weather and sea, I haven’t regretted my decision.
With over 25 years of experience in optics, I believe that I have dealt with almost every different situation an optician can come across, so if you think that you have a challenge for me, just bring it on! I’ll appreciate it.
In my free time I enjoy Netflix series and internet memes. My favourite holiday is a road trip of 4000 miles, in two weeks, with 3 friends in the car.
Martin
Group Manager
Group Manager
I have been in Optics for over 30 years, running optical labs and High St practices in Cambridgeshire and Australia. More recently working in Account Management and training optician practices on new lens innovations. Now I’m enjoying being back in practice and working for as part of the Billson Family.
Regardless of where I’ve been, if I'm not in an Opticians I’ll be found on a riverbank or a golf course!
ABOUT HAVERHILL
Haverhill dates back as far as Saxon times and its market is listed in the Domesday Book.
During the late middle-ages, Haverhill prospered as a significant trading centre and later becoming
a minor centre of the woollen industry and weaving town.
a minor centre of the woollen industry and weaving town.
By 1620 Haverhill was a well-known Puritan town and the area supported Parliament against the King in the Civil Wars. Following the ‘great fire’ 14 June 1667 the population of Haverhill declined severely and prosperity wasn’t returned to the town until the 1748 when Gurteen’s textiles established in the town. Following this, several other enterprises chooses Haverhill as home.
Gurteen’s gifted the town with its fine Town Hall and at one time, Haverhill had at least 3 windmills.
Following the Second World War, Haverhill was earmarked as an 'overspill town' for London which had been very heavily bombed leaving thousands of people without homes and in the 1950’s the expansion of Haverhill began with both residential and industrial estates being built.
Perhaps the most famous landmark in Haverhill is Anne Of Cleves House constructed in 1540 as part of the divorce settlement between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves.
Haverhill was named after pirate Haver. Hjalmar (nicknamed Halfdane or Halver by the Danes) was the son of one of the greatest Danish warriors, Ragnor Lodbrook and his Norwegian wife. From a marauding Danish pirate Haver rose to conquer much of England and even defeat the noble Alfred the Great in battle.
You can read the story on www.haverhill-uk.com/pages/haverhill-was-named-after-a-pirate-721.htm
You can read the story on www.haverhill-uk.com/pages/haverhill-was-named-after-a-pirate-721.htm
