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Prescription Sunglasses & Custom Tinted Lenses

Create Your Perfect Prescription Sunglasses

 

We supply bespoke tinted lenses and prescription sunglasses, customised to your exact style and vision needs.

✔ Full colour tint options
✔ Prescription & non-prescription lenses
✔ Same day service available
✔ UV protection included

👉 Visit our Ilkeston store

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Can Prescription Glasses Be Tinted?

​Yes—both prescription and non-prescription lenses can be tinted in a wide range of colours and strengths.

Tinted lenses:

  • Protect your eyes from sunlight

  • Reduce glare and eye strain

  • Add a unique style to your glasses

Tinting is not just cosmetic—it improves comfort and visual clarity in bright conditions

Choose Your Lens Tint

We offer a wide range of colours and styles:

Solid Tints

Classic sunglasses look (Grey, Brown, Green)

Gradient (Graduated) Tints

Darker at the top, lighter at the bottom

Two-Colour Tints

Blend one colour into another for a unique finish

Fashion Tints

Bold colours including:

  • Red

  • Yellow

  • Blue

  • Pink

  • Purple

👉 Subtle tints (Grades 1–3) are ideal for indoor use
👉 Darker tints (75–85%) are best for sunglasses

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Types of Sunglass Lenses

Prescription Sunglasses

Add your prescription to tinted lenses for clear vision outdoors

 

Non-Prescription (Plano) Sunglasses

Perfect for fashion or cosmetic use

 

Photochromic Lenses

React to sunlight—clear indoors, dark outside

 

Polarised Lenses

Reduce glare from surfaces like water and roads (ideal for driving and sports)

👉 Polarised lenses significantly improve clarity in bright conditions

Same Day Tinted Lenses Available

We can tint many lenses in-store within 1 hour, depending on your requirements.

For specialised lenses, turnaround is usually a few days.

👉 Need fast sunglasses? Visit us today

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Bespoke Tinting – Made to Your Specification

We create custom tints tailored to your exact preference.

You can choose:

  • Colour

  • Depth (light to dark)

  • Gradient style

  • Two-colour blends

👉 Every pair is unique to your glasses

Use Your Own Frames

Already have frames you love?

We can:

  • Add prescription tinted lenses

  • Replace lenses with tinted options

  • Convert glasses into sunglasses

Reglazing allows you to keep your frames while upgrading your lenses

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Related Services

Prescription Sunglasses in Ilkeston, Nottingham & Derby

Visit our Ilkeston store for expert advice and custom tinted lenses, serving customers from:

  • Ilkeston

  • Nottingham

  • Derby

  • Long Eaton

  • Beeston

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FAQs

What tint is best for sunglasses?
Grey, brown, and green are the most popular for natural vision.

 

Can I get light tinted lenses for everyday use?
Yes—lighter tints are ideal for indoor and screen use.

 

Do tinted lenses include UV protection?
Yes—all our tinted lenses include UV protection.

 

Can I add tint to my existing glasses?
Yes—we can replace your lenses with tinted versions.

Get Your Custom Sunglasses Today

Get Your Custom Sunglasses Today

👉 Visit our Ilkeston store
👉 Choose your tint and lenses
👉 Fast, expert service

No appointment needed – walk in today

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Some of the Colour Tints We supply In-store.

Graduated tints show best from grade 3 to 5

Grade 1 

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4 Abs 75%

Grade 5
Abs 85%

Green

Grey

Blue

Yellow

Pink

Brown

Red

Purple

Dark Sunglasses

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Why Polarised Lenses ?

We supply Polarised lenses in Grey or Brown. Polarised lenses don't change in colour. Polarised lenses are ideal for sports where glare hinders. Fishing, Cycling, Golf, Motorsports and driving, watersports in general and skiing and sailing can all be benefitted by using lenses that are polarised. if you want to cut out glare where the glare is high then consider polarised lenses. The difference and clarity is supreme. Polarised lenses look very similar to regular sunglass lenses.

 

​Is polarisation a coating on the lenses?

Not exactly. Polarising lenses involves a laminated thin lenses being bonded to a prescription lens. The front surface laminated lens has no prescription, but is coloured to block the glare, and also twisted at a certain angle before being mounted to the prescription lens, in such a way that it diverts glare and bounces it off to the side out of the wearers vision.

Located at 135 Lower Bath Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, UK De7 8as Tel 0115 9 445656
Open Mon-Sat (closed Wed) 10:00am -2:30pm

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