{"id":133,"date":"2026-09-26T09:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/kestrel-optometry\/home-dark\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:50:14","slug":"home-dark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/kestrel-optometry\/home-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Home (dark hero)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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INDEPENDENT OPTICIANS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Half an hour for an eye test. Not twelve minutes.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An independent practice on Latrobe Terrace. We are not owned by a chain and we do not have a sales target for frames.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ABOVE THE BAKERY, INDEPENDENT<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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No head office to answer to.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Kestrel Optometry is owned by the two optometrists who work in it, not by a chain with a frames target to hit each quarter. That distinction shows up in small ways: a reglaze suggested instead of a new pair, a test that runs the full thirty minutes rather than being squeezed to fit in the next slot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The practice has been on Latrobe Terrace since 2009, above the bakery, and has stayed that size deliberately. Growing into a second site would mean a manager standing between the optometrists and the patients, and neither partner wants that job.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tWHAT WE DO<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Eyecare, properly unhurried.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three things, and the time to do them right.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Full eye examinations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Thirty minutes with an optometrist, including retinal photography and pressures as standard, not as an upsell.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Spectacles and lenses<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Frames from independent makers, and honest advice about when your old frame is perfectly fine to reglaze.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Contact lenses<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fitting, teaching and aftercare, with a trial pair before you commit to anything.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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HOW IT WORKS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What happens next<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Book a test<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Online or by phone. Thirty-minute appointments, and we run to time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The examination<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Health first, prescription second. We will show you the photographs and explain what you are looking at.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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03<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Frames, if you need them<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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No pressure, no target. If your current glasses are fine we will tell you so.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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THE PRACTICE<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Independent since 2009.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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One practice, two optometrists, and no head office.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cIf your glasses still test fine two years on, we say so and reglaze them rather than sell you a new pair.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our policy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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BOOK AN APPOINTMENT<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Thirty minutes, and no sales pitch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bulk-billed and private tests. Evening appointments on Thursdays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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