About Lynne Fernandes Optometrists Gloucester Road
Lynne Fernandes sits near many other independent boutiques and shops towards the southern end of the popular Bristol shopping street Gloucester Road, which forms a major artery through the northern half of Bristol.
Located within a vibrant and fashionable area of the city, not far from the University of Bristol, our Gloucester Road branch has a long history serving both locals and clients from further afield for all their optometry needs.
Our practice in North Bristol has recently been transformed, giving you an even more welcoming and modern space to enjoy. The renovation includes two new consulting rooms and a spacious imaging suite, equipped with the latest advancements in eye health technology. It also now includes a dedicated styling suite designed to help you explore our collection with confidence and comfort. This investment reflects our commitment to offering the very best in clinical eyecare and stylish eyewear. It allows us to create an environment that supports exceptional care, precise monitoring, and a truly personalised styling experience.
Why visit our Gloucester Road Optometry Practice?
Easily accessible and convenient for those in the North Bristol area, just over a mile from Broadmead and central Bristol via Stokes Croft, our well-established Gloucester Road practice offers the full range of high-quality services our customers have come to expect from Lynne Fernandes.
Our dedicated in-house team of experienced optometrists and optical advisors are on hand to advise and support you in choosing your eye-care products and services. Whether you live or work nearby or are making a longer journey, we are happy to serve you. And when you visit, be sure to make time to wander along the street to take in the atmosphere, and perhaps even try out some of the fantastic independent shops and businesses in the area.
In store services at our Gloucester Road Optometrists
Styled@LFO
Styled@LFO is your destination for expert eyewear styling. Our trained Optical Stylists consider your hair colour, eye colour, skin tone and face shape, alongside your personal style, lifestyle and budget, to help you choose the perfect frames. Browse our collection, from affordable essentials to bold, statement pieces.
Read MoreContact Lens Care
Our contact lens experts serve patients across Bristol and Wiltshire. We fit lenses from leading brands, including Alcon, CooperVision, Johnson & Johnson (Acuvue) and Menicon, as well as multifocal and toric lenses for astigmatism, cosmetic contact lenses and lenses for keratoconus.
Read MoreDry Eye & Blepharitis
Our expert optometrists offer a full range of dry eye and blepharitis treatments, from tear duct clearance and punctal plugs to intense pulsed light (IPL) and BlephEx. For more stubborn cases, we also offer Omnigen, a specialist amniotic membrane treatment that supports healing for severe dry eye and recurrent corneal erosions.
Read MoreAdvanced Eyecare
We help you see as clearly as possible and keep your eyes as healthy as possible, whatever your eye condition. Every Advanced Eye Examination includes a clear, personalised advice that goes beyond a standard eye test. Where ongoing monitoring would help, we'll recommend a tailored EyeSense plan to protect your long-term eye health.
Read MoreMyopia Management
Our myopia management plans use specialist contact lenses, glasses and lifestyle changes to slow, or even halt, your child's short-sightedness. Options include MiSight, MiYOSMART and Stellest, as well as MiYOSMART IQ and orthokeratology (OrthoK).
Read MoreEmergency & Urgent Care
We provide emergency eyecare, seen the same day within 24 hours for a £99 assessment fee, and urgent eyecare, seen within 3 days for £99. Both are free of charge for EyeSense members.
Read MoreGlaucoma
We offer specialist glaucoma clinics, helping to detect changes early and, protecting your vision for longer.
Read MoreAMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration)
We assess and monitor Dry AMD, and help detect the onset of Wet AMD early, through our EyeSense management plans. Regular OCT scans and visual field tests help us spot changes before symptoms appear.
Read MoreSpLD (Specific Learning Difficulties)
We offer specialist appointments to help identify potential visual problems. Our aim is to reduce the impact of conditions such as dyslexia and visual stress, which are often made worse by undiagnosed sight issues.
Read MoreGet in touch
Contact our Gloucester Road branch as follows:
Sunday: Closed
Frequently Asked Questions
Pay-and-display parking spaces are available outside the practice and are limited to 1 or 2 hours. Free, on-street parking is available on the residential roads that surround the practice. It is advised to allow extra time in order to find a suitable place to park.
The Gloucester Road practice is a 10-minute walk from Redland train station.
The Gloucester Road practice is a 24-minute walk from Ashley Down train station.
The nearest bus stop is Sommerville Road, less than a minute’s walk to or from the practice. Bus routes that stop here include, the 75 and 76, which travel between Cribbs Causeway and Hengrove.
The Gloucester Road branch opening hours are 9 am – 5.30 pm, Monday to Saturday. The branch is closed on Sunday.
Yes, you will need to book an appointment for an eye test to ensure that one of our qualified optometrists is available to see you. We do provide emergency eye assessments on the day where required.
It is advised to book a dedicated eyewear styling consultation to ensure one of our expert stylists is available to select frames that are suited to your face shape, eye colour and skin tones.
An advanced eye exam and a styling appointment each take approximately 40 minutes.
Yes, all the services we offer are available at our Gloucester Road practice. These include, Styled@LFO, Contact Lens Care, Dry Eye and Blepharitis, Advanced Eyecare, Myopia Management, Emergency and Urgent Care, Glaucoma, AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration) and Reading Difficulties Clinic.
At the Gloucester Road practice we offer a vast range of frames including; Moscot, Theo, Tom Davies, Mykita, Pro Design, Lindberg, Orgreen and Dutz.
