Optometrists and Contact Lens Specialists

COVID-19 Update - 5th January 2021

We are now in a national lockdown but as a medical service, optometry is classed as an essential service and we REMAIN OPEN to those who require an appointment with an issue, or concern, regarding their eyes.

This video will help you understand how your visit will be managed and there is further information on how we are keeping you safe at our practice here.

We continue to provide ACES, an NHS appointment based service for any urgent or concerning eye problems or symptoms you may have recently developed. Earlam and Christopher have always operated this eye service in Somerset and if you are registered with any Somerset GP Practice we are able to help under this scheme.

We can provide:

Routine Appointments
Contact Lens Appointments
Dry Eye Clinic Appointments
Video telephone Optometrist consultations for eye problems
Urgent practice appointments for eye problems
Postal delivery service
Urgent repair for specs
Lost or damaged contact lenses

We have introduced a number of new working practices to ensure that we are keeping you and our staff safe. This includes the increased use of technology to ascertain your eye health. Please click the button below to find out more >>>

Professional eye exams and EYE CLINIC backed by service excellence

Dedicated to providing you with the best possible eye care available.

Eye Testing

Private and NHS eye exams, 3D eye scans, children’s eye tests, contact lenses and much, much, more.

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Contact Lenses

We help you find the best contact lenses for your needs covered by excellent care and payment plan.

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Frames & Eye Glasses

Our independence means we are exclusive stockists of many popular designer glasses.

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Eye Clinic Services

Hearing Healthcare Service

We have partnered with South West Hearing Care, another independent healthcare provider like ourselves, to offer a...

Retinal & OCT Scans

Retinal and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Scans At Earlam and Christopher we use some of the highest...

MiYOSMART Myopia Management

Slow down the progression of myopia MiYOSMART is a new non invasive myopia management lens which is...

Blepharitis, Demodex & Blephex management

Normal looking top lid, Blepharitis debris on the bottom lid Blepharitis is a very common condition affecting...

Short Sight Control for Children

Your child’s eyesight may well depend on what you do now… Short Sight (Mypopia) often starts to...

Acute Eye Clinic

There are many different reasons why you might need an Acute Eye Clinic appointment. We deal with...

Colorimetry

Colorimetry is the use of colour to ease Visual Stress, sometimes referred to as Meares-Irlen Syndrome. Visual...

Dry and Watery Eye Clinic

At Earlam and Christopher we are experts at diagnosing and managing the range of diseases that cause...

Glaucoma & Ocular Hypertension

Glaucoma is a group of sight threatening eye diseases which reduces your peripheral vision. It is one...

Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration affects the macula. The macula is a small region at the back of your eye...

Screen Time Guidelines For Children

27/01/2021

So many children are having to do their school work from home. This means more screen time than they would normally get in their average

Taunton Optometrist first practice in the WORLD to use new eye tech

09/12/2020

People in South West with near-sighted vision or dry eye to benefit from cutting-edge MYAH diagnostic tool. Taunton optometrist, Earlam and Christopher, will be the

Mask Associated Dry Eye

09/11/2020

Masks are here to stay for a bit so here are some tips to help you if you are suffering from Mask Associated Dry Eye (MADE).

National Eye Health Week Magazine

24/09/2020

Vista, the official National Eye Health Week magazine is now available online This all new digital Vista, features an interview with cover star Gary Lineker

Contact Lens Wear and coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance

20/05/2020

In response COVID-19, public health organisations and government health officials are putting in place plans to ensure that people receive the right advice, care and

Optician changed my life says Taunton man

16/04/2020

When Gary Walker‘s doctor first suggested a visit to the ACES clinic (acute community eye care service) run by Earlam and Christopher opticians, in Taunton,

COVID-19 How we are working to protect you.

17/03/2020

We provide services for any urgent eye problems and spectacle issues. Existing patients will be given priority, but should you have problems we may be

The world has gone mad for Veganaury.

14/01/2020

More and more people are trying Vegan diets for the first time and discovering health benefits they hadn’t foreseen. For a long time now, it

Testimonials

I was expertly treated by Phillipa Kingston and Sarah Farrant. They handled me with great care and patience and diagnosed and treated my eye condition. I could not recommend their service more highly. Thank you very much.

Fantastic Service and very thorough. Don't treat you like a piece of Cattle and I must say refreshing change from previous experience at a well known Opticians!. Excellent choice of frames and very quick in making them up. Thank You

I have be going to Earlam & Christopher for years and I love the care & attention and friendly atmosphere there. Everyone is very patient with me and they understand my needs. Would definitely recommend them to anyone. Wheelchair user

I am very relieved to have found this excellent optometrists, where the care, friendliness and expertise that is provided is most impressive. At the same time the standard of care offered to me as a blepharitis sufferer has also been superb - a huge improvement on my experience at other opticians.

Many thanks to Earlam and Christopher, especially Sarah. I have a complex prescription and issues with my sight which are not straightforward. I was recommended to go to Earlam and Christopher by my consultant ophthalmologist and thanks to Sarah’s expertise and patience I have been able to recommence my hobbies which include needlework and tapestry which I thought were gone forever. Thank you so much.