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.

Got any corrections? Send them to corrections@climbing-history.org

202 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, Natural Method, Mystic Stylez, 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
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 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
78 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
79 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit, Flip Flopera, Hard Times
80 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
81 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake
82 Adam Smith 8B Combination, After Ava Arrives, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
83 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
84 Keith Bradbury 8B Khéops, La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma, Gourmandise
85 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
86 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon, After Ava Arrives
87 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension, Louis Left
88 Rhys Conlon 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Fat Lip, WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
89 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
90 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray, Superman, Working Class Sit Start
91 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Hourglass, The Ace
92 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
93 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
94 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
95 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
96 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
97 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
98 Jamie Rankin 8B Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods, Combination
99 Jacob Handyside 8B The Riverbed, Charity Bouldern, Riders on the Storm
100 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
101 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
102 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul, Bulbhaul
103 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
104 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
105 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
106 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, Crown Worthay
107 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
108 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
109 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
110 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
111 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
112 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman
113 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
114 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleau Sacré
115 Jon Freeman 8B Hellraiser, Steppenwolf
116 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
117 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
118 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
119 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
120 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
121 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
122 Callum Amos 8B XTRA, Outliers
123 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
124 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
125 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
126 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
127 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
128 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed, Steppenwolf
129 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
130 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
131 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
132 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
133 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
134 Paul Carruthers 8B Working Class Sit Start
135 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
136 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
137 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
138 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
139 James Thornton 8B The Ace
140 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
141 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
142 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
143 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
144 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
145 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
146 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
147 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul
148 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
149 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
150 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
151 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
152 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
153 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
154 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
155 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
156 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
157 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
158 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
159 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
160 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
161 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
162 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
163 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
164 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
165 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
166 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
167 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
168 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
169 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
170 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
171 Kyle Whitehand 8B Combination
172 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
173 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
174 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
175 Matt Helliker 8B Combination
176 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
177 Sebastien Dove 8B Combination
178 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
179 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera
180 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
181 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
182 Thom Davies 8B Amber
183 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
184 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
185 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
186 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
187 Jack Mckechnie 8B Supersize Me
188 Beidrik Scott 8B Superman
189 Sébastien Dussaut 8B Boogalagga
190 Sam White 8B Sideshow
191 Finn Parry 8B Superman
192 Josh Hummel-Newell 8B Superman
193 Bojan Sretovic 8B Antediluvian
194 Bradley Proctor-Lowe 8B Shakey Graves
195 Sam Pestell 8B Point Ramp
196 John Welford 8B Superman
197 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
198 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
199 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
200 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
201 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
202 Andy Brown 8B Superman