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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204 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Will Bosi 9A Alphane, Burden of Dreams, Return of the Sleepwalker, Spots of Time, Realm of Tor’ment
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, The Trident
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, Underwave, 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 Sam Prior 8C Serenata, Trance
14 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
15 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (pre-December 2013)
16 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
17 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
18 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
19 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours
20 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found
21 Ben Bransby 8C Big Leviathan Extended (Sans Resin)
22 Alex Barrows 8C Pretence of Youth
23 Max Milne 8C Forgotten Gem
24 Billy Ridal 8C The Big Island
25 Pete Dawson 8C Trance
26 Eli Cartwright 8C Trance
27 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, Forgotten Lands
28 Dave MacLeod 8B+ Big Long Now, Seven of Nine, New Base Line, Mystic Stylez, Natural Method, Practice of the Wild, Lithium, Gut Buster, Below Zero, Bultitude, From Shallow Water to Riverbed, Catalan Witness the Fitness
29 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women, Last Wave Goodbye, Megalodon, Louis Cut, Dernier Uppercut, Bewilderness, Leftovers
30 Dan Turner 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
31 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
32 James Noble 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Serenade, Golden Shadow, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, Last Wave Goodbye
33 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
34 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal, Dandelion Mind, Last Wave Goodbye, Fleeting Youth
35 Tom Newman 8B+ Fire in the Rain, Dandelion Mind, Serendipity
36 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
37 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
38 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal, Fleeting Youth
39 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power, Orlok, Crescendo
40 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
41 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
42 Dave Jones 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Warpath
43 Ben Freeman 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Monk Life
44 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
45 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
46 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
47 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip, Dandelion Mind
48 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis, The Origin
49 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
50 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
51 Dylan Soin 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Pilgrimage
52 Matthew Mendes 8B+ Bewilderness, The Long Night
53 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
54 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
55 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
56 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
57 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
58 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
59 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
60 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
61 Ethan Walker 8B+ Dandelion Mind
62 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
63 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
64 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
65 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
66 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
67 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
68 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
69 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
70 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
71 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred
72 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
73 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
74 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
75 Luca Martins 8B+ Bewilderness
76 Gus Turner 8B+ Tomahawk
77 Lewis Roy 8B+ Bultitude
78 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
79 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
80 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit, Flip Flopera, Hard Times
81 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
82 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake
83 Adam Smith 8B Combination, After Ava Arrives, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
84 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
85 Keith Bradbury 8B Khéops, La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma, Gourmandise
86 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
87 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon, After Ava Arrives
88 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension, Louis Left
89 Rhys Conlon 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Fat Lip, Godzilla SDS, WADzilla
90 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
91 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray, Superman, Working Class Sit Start
92 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Hourglass, The Ace
93 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
94 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
95 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
96 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
97 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
98 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated, Chronic
99 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
100 Jamie Rankin 8B Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods, Combination
101 Jacob Handyside 8B Charity Bouldern, The Riverbed, Riders on the Storm
102 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
103 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
104 Dan Warren 8B Bulbhaul, The Real Keelhaul
105 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
106 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
107 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
108 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, Crown Worthay
109 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
110 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed, The Watchtower Assis
111 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
112 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
113 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
114 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman
115 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
116 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleau Sacré
117 Jon Freeman 8B Hellraiser, Steppenwolf
118 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
119 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
120 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
121 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
122 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
123 Callum Amos 8B XTRA, Outliers
124 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera, Isla de Encanta
125 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
126 Sam Pestell 8B Point Ramp, The Ace
127 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
128 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
129 Liam Desroy 8B Vecchio Leone, The Riverbed
130 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
131 Louis Parkinson 8B Steppenwolf, The Riverbed
132 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
133 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
134 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
135 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
136 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
137 Paul Carruthers 8B Working Class Sit Start
138 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
139 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
140 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
141 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
142 James Thornton 8B The Ace
143 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
144 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
145 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
146 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
147 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
148 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
149 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
150 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
151 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul
152 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
153 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
154 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
155 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
156 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
157 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
158 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
159 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
160 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
161 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
162 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
163 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
164 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
165 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
166 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
167 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
168 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
169 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
170 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
171 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
172 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
173 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
174 Kyle Whitehand 8B Combination
175 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
176 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
177 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
178 Matt Helliker 8B Combination
179 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
180 Sebastien Dove 8B Combination
181 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
182 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
183 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
184 Thom Davies 8B Amber
185 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
186 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
187 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
188 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
189 Jack Mckechnie 8B Supersize Me
190 Beidrik Scott 8B Superman
191 Sébastien Dussaut 8B Boogalagga
192 Sam White 8B Sideshow
193 Finn Parry 8B Superman
194 Josh Hummel-Newell 8B Superman
195 Bojan Sretovic 8B Antediluvian
196 Bradley Proctor-Lowe 8B Shakey Graves
197 Severin Domela 8B Riders on the Storm
198 Adam Price 8B Flip Flopera
199 John Welford 8B Superman
200 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
201 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
202 Andy Brown 8B Superman
203 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
204 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb