Look local: Peaceful Marlow's busy optical sector

On the banks of the river Thames sits a peaceful town, chosen by generations of English royalty as the perfect parish for a manor. Others have followed suit since and the area remains a haven for a community of 14,000 people, with high streets, rowing clubs and fine dining with a double Michelin star winning gastropub.

There are four practices in town, including: Leightons Insight, Boots, David Clulow and independently owned practice, Stewart-Robinson JA.

Martin Lloyd (pictured below), joint owner and director of Leightons Insight Opticians, says: ‘It is much nicer when you’re on first name terms, than working in a practice all day with people you have never seen before. We have a loyal customer base and that’s probably an advantage of being in a smaller type market town rather than somewhere like Oxford Street in London.’