A new optician is set to open in an Oxfordshire town later this month.

Specsavers will move into a new premise at the former M&Co store in the High Street in Wantage.

Its current store at Grove Street will close on Sunday, February 18 with the new store opening its doors on Saturday, February 24.

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The relocation comes on the back of "increased demand" with the new premises at more than double the size of the current one.

This will enable the optical retail chain to expand its optical and audiology offerings. 

The new expanded store will have seven testing rooms which includes a dedicated audiology room and a new contact lens space.

New equipment has also been installed throughout, including an optical coherence tomography machine.

This technology allows the optometrist to take a 3D image of the back of your eye to help spot serious eye conditions, including glaucoma, up to four years earlier.

Store director at Specsavers Wantage Nicky Rutter said: "We are really looking forward to opening our doors to the new store and can’t wait to welcome in customers old and new.

"After several years in our current location, we really had outgrown it, so moving to our new site with so much more space is just what we need."

The investment has also meant local recruitment with additional colleagues taken on board.