Strong British Male Boulderers

The best British male boulderers.

This list aims to list any male British boulderer who has climbed 8B or harder. It attempts to be definitive in terms of the people included but does not attempt to enumerate every relevant ascent.

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189 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Will Bosi 9A Alphane, Burden of Dreams, Return of the Sleepwalker, Spots of Time
2 Aidan Roberts 9A Alphane, Spots of Time, Arrival of the Birds
3 Hamish McArthur 9A Megatron, No One Mourns the Wicked
4 Solly Kemball-Dorey 8C+ Isles of Wonder SDS
5 Nathan Phillips 8C+ Deep Fake
6 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Golden Daze, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
7 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS, Dreamtime, Zircon, The Malleus Maleficarum
8 Ned Feehally 8C The Big Island, The Last Anasazi, Sine Language, Serenata
9 James Squire 8C The World is Yours, Spray of Light, Ambition, Paradise Found
10 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
11 James Pearson 8C Juneru, Mystic River
12 Sam Blackwell 8C Paradise Found, Trance
13 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
14 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (Pre December 2013)
15 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
16 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
17 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
18 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours
19 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found
20 Sam Prior 8C Serenata
21 Ben Bransby 8C Big Leviathan Extended (Sans Resin)
22 Max Milne 8C Forgotten Gem
23 Billy Ridal 8C The Big Island
24 Pete Dawson 8C Trance
25 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchemiste, La Ligne de Bête, Bombadil, Crescendo, Lower Limbs, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete
26 Dave MacLeod 8B+ Big Long Now, Seven of Nine, New Base Line, Natural Method, Mystic Stylez, Practice of the Wild, Lithium, Gut Buster, Below Zero, Bultitude, Catalan Witness the Fitness, From Shallow Water to Riverbed
27 Dan Turner 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
28 James Noble 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Serenade, Golden Shadow, Jour de Chasse, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, Last Wave Goodbye
29 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
30 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women, Last Wave Goodbye
31 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
32 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal, Dandelion Mind, Last Wave Goodbye
33 Alex Barrows 8B+ Pilgrimage, Mortal Immortal, Belly Full of Nachos
34 Tom Newman 8B+ Fire in the Rain, Dandelion Mind, Serendipity
35 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
36 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
37 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power, Orlok, Crescendo
38 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
39 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
40 Dave Jones 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Warpath
41 Ben Freeman 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Monk Life
42 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
43 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
44 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
45 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
46 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis, The Origin
47 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
48 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
49 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
50 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
51 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
52 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
53 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
54 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
55 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
56 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
57 Ethan Walker 8B+ Dandelion Mind
58 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
59 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
60 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
61 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
62 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
63 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
64 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
65 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
66 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
67 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
68 Eli Cartwright 8B+ Bewilderness
69 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred
70 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
71 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
72 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
73 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
74 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
75 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
76 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake
77 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
78 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher, Rhythm, Chabang, The Ace
79 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit
80 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
81 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
82 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
83 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Khéops, Ammagamma
84 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass
85 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
86 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, The Vault, Crown Worthay
87 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
88 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
89 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
90 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
91 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
92 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault, Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
93 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon
94 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
95 Luca Martins 8B The Vault, The Ace, Kick Me Up
96 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension
97 Jacob Handyside 8B Charity Bouldern, Riders on the Storm, The Riverbed
98 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
99 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
100 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul, Bulbhaul
101 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
102 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
103 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
104 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
105 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
106 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
107 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
108 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
109 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleau Sacré
110 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
111 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
112 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
113 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
114 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
115 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
116 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
117 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
118 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
119 Ben West 8B Mooiste Meisie, Steppenwolf
120 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
121 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
122 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
123 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
124 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
125 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
126 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
127 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
128 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
129 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
130 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
131 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
132 James Thornton 8B The Ace
133 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
134 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
135 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
136 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
137 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
138 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul
139 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
140 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
141 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
142 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
143 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
144 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
145 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
146 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
147 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
148 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
149 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
150 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
151 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
152 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
153 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
154 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
155 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
156 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
157 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
158 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
159 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
160 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
161 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
162 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
163 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
164 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
165 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
166 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
167 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
168 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
169 Callum Amos 8B XTRA
170 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera
171 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
172 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
173 Thom Davies 8B Amber
174 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
175 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
176 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
177 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
178 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
179 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
180 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
181 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
182 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
183 John Welford 8B Superman
184 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
185 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
186 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
187 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
188 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
189 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf