Incorporating Mearing and Jackson and
Robert Squires Opticians

117 Watling Street, Gillingham, Kent ME7 2YX

t: 01634 851783
e: info@bowdenandlowe.com
w: www.bowdenandlowe.com www.facebook.com/bowdenandlowe

Tuesday 9.00 - 5.30
Wednesday 9.00 - 5.30
Thursday 9.00 - 5.30
Friday 9.00 - 6.30
Saturday 9.00 - 4.00

Looking after your vision is what we do...

With a combined experience of over 75 years, and as conscientious independent opticians, we take time to listen to your concerns and requirements before making any recommendations for your eye care and if necessary, your eye wear. Utilising the latest technology and by providing a level of care to match, our aim is for your total satisfaction.

We know that having an eye examination can sometimes be stressful, but relax, have a cup of tea or coffee and know that you are in the best of hands.  Our small, but perfectly formed, team ensures that whenever you visit the practice you will see the same friendly faces in our comfortable, unhurried surroundings.

As the only practice in rural Kent to have invested in Optomap Retinal Screening, we recommend that all our patients upgrade to our Advanced Eye Examination which includes full retinal screening, a totally painless way, without the use of eye drops, to examine extensively your eyes light sensitive film to ensure your eyes health. See our eyecare page for more details.

If you have ever been tempted to try contact lenses, or perhaps have even been told you are not suitable for them, it could be that as specialists in the fitting of contact lenses, we may be able to help, especially for more complex prescriptions and those with sensitive eyes.

And for children in particular, there are overnight correction lenses, which are proven to reduce the progression of myopia. See our contact lens page for more information.

Extnthose with special needs are especially welcome. We look forward to seeing you.

£50 OFF Carl Zeiss* We are very pleased to have been selected as the Zeiss specialist practice for the Medway Towns. To celebrate we are offering £50 off each pair of Zeiss progressive lenses. Further promotions will be available throughout the year with added value of course for Eyeplan members. Be sure to ask for Zeiss lenses at your next visit and also ask us about Eyeplan

As little as £7.00 per month ensures complete peace of mind regarding your eyecare and eyewear with advanced eye exams, 2 years accidental damage cover and over 30% discount on all frames, lenses and sunglasses. Special rates for couples and families. See our eyeplan page for more details

Fabulous Maui Jim Sunglasses These sunglasses are simply the best we have ever tried! No explanation will ever do them justice, please come along and try them. Developed on the isle of Maui their superb coatings and polarised tint selection make them a must for summer eye protection as well as winter holidays and low sun / wet-road driving conditions.

"C-Frames" Seeing yourself when deciding on your new look has always been a problem. Now we have the solution to seeing how you look in different spectacle frames!  Using specially designed software we can capture your image on-screen in a number of different spectacles so you can buy knowing that they will look fabulous. Alternatively we would be happy to apply some contact lenses for you so again you will be able to see yourself whilst you try on the glasses in the practice.

For more recent news see our bulletins page where previous bulletins can be viewed and downloaded or click here for the latest Bowden and Lowe bulletin

Latest News...

Bowden and Lowe Opticians and Contact Specialists is now on Facebook. The facebook site has all the most up-to-date information available on latest news and special offers. You can message the staff and post comments about your experience. Find us on facebook or paste the following into your browser, and give us the thumbs-up!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bowden-Lowe-Opticians-and-Contact-Lens-Specialists/296593700360127

Medway Business Awards The partners and staff of Bowden and Lowe attended a Gala Dinner at the St Georges Centre on Friday 18th November 2011 as one of twelve finalists in the Medway Business Awards.

World Sight Day This is an event organised by World Vision 2020 and Optometry Giving Sight to raise awareness and funds to eradicate preventable world blindness by the year 2020. There are over 670 million people in the world classified as blind, simply because they have no spectacles. This year we donated £2.50 for every eye exam we completed throughout the whole month of October, held a raffle for a bottle of Bubbly, had a “guess the number of eyeballs” game, collected donations for minor repairs and adjustments to spectacle frames and received donations from various individuals. We are deeply indebted to the work of the Gillingham Boys Brigade. The total raised this year was £450, sufficient to fund eye exams and spectacles for 180, only 669,999,820 to go!

Otto Wichterle Medal. Tim was presented with this award in November at the Czech Contact Lens Society Congress in Prague for his services to “contactology”