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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176 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 Solly Kemball-Dorey 8C+ Isles of Wonder SDS
4 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Golden Daze, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
5 James Squire 8C The World is Yours, Spray of Light, Ambition, Paradise Found
6 Ned Feehally 8C The Big Island, Sine Language, Serenata
7 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS
8 Nathan Phillips 8C Juneru, Trance, Beautiful Mind
9 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
10 Sam Blackwell 8C World at War, Paradise Found
11 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours, World at War
12 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
13 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (Pre December 2013)
14 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
15 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
16 James Pearson 8C Juneru
17 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
18 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found
19 Sam Prior 8C Serenata
20 Ben Bransby 8C Big Leviathan Extended (Sans Resin)
21 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
22 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchemiste, Bombadil, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete, Crescendo, La Ligne De Bête, Bewilderness
23 Billy Ridal 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2), Superman SDS, The Boss, From Shallow Water to Riverbed, Power of Now, The Book Club, Trust Issues, Get Railed
24 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, The Boss, Black Eagle
25 James Noble 8B+ Serenade, Golden Shadow, Jour de Chasse, Bordello SDS, The Boss, Last Wave Goodbye
26 Dan Turner 8B+ Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
27 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
28 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink
29 Pete Dawson 8B+ Pilgrimage, Superman SDS, Bewilderness, Weeding the Lip
30 Alex Barrows 8B+ Pilgrimage, Mortal Immortal, Belly Full of Nachos
31 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
32 Max Milne 8B+ Lord Farquhar, Superman SDS, Bewilderness
33 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ Meadowlark Lemon, New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
34 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
35 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
36 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
37 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
38 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal
39 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
40 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
41 Hamish McArthur 8B+ Gran Paradiso, North Ridge
42 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
43 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
44 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
45 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
46 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
47 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
48 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
49 Tom Newman 8B+ Serendipity
50 Ben Freeman 8B+ Monk Life
51 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
52 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
53 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
54 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
55 Jim Pope 8B+ The Boss
56 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
57 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
58 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
59 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
60 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
61 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
62 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis
63 Eli Cartwright 8B+ Bewilderness
64 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power
65 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
66 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
67 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
68 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
69 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
70 Mark Heal 8B+ New Base Line
71 Chris Marley 8B+ Moonstruck
72 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
73 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, A Life Aesthetic, The Power of Goodbye, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake, Compact Culture
74 Alex Moore 8B Isla de Encanta, Sideshow, Flip Flopera, Dark Edges, The Ace
75 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
76 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
77 Danny Cattell 8B Louis Armstrong, Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
78 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass, Louis Armstrong
79 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Voyager
80 Jonny Argue 8B Louis Armstrong, Fat Lip, Voyager
81 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
82 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
83 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
84 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
85 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault, Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
86 Jacob Handyside 8B The Riverbed, Charity Bouldern, Riders on the Storm
87 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
88 Steve McClure 8B Close of Business, Fat Lip
89 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma
90 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
91 Ethan Walker 8B Belly of the Beast, Dandelion Mind
92 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
93 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, The Vault
94 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
95 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
96 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
97 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction
98 Flinn Mcinerney 8B Flip Flopera, Flipnic
99 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
100 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start
101 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
102 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
103 Arlo Rogers 8B Distortion, Weapons Cache
104 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
105 Luca Martins 8B The Ace, Kick Me Up
106 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
107 Alex Gorham 8B The Riverbed, Mooiste Meisie
108 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
109 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
110 Ben West 8B Mooiste Meisie, Steppenwolf
111 Lewis Roy 8B Supersize Me, Sanction
112 Liam Desroy 8B Vecchio Leone, The Riverbed
113 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
114 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
115 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul
116 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
117 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
118 Ed Hamer 8B Louis Armstrong
119 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
120 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
121 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
122 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
123 James Thornton 8B The Ace
124 Richard Hession 8B Louis Armstrong
125 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
126 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
127 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
128 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
129 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
130 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
131 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk
132 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
133 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
134 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
135 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
136 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
137 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
138 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
139 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
140 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
141 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
142 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
143 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
144 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
145 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
146 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
147 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
148 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
149 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
150 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
151 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
152 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
153 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails
154 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
155 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera
156 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
157 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
158 Leven Rowan 8B Pool of Bethesda (Malc's Start)
159 Harry Constantine 8B Superman
160 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip
161 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
162 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
163 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
164 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
165 John Welford 8B Superman
166 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
167 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
168 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
169 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
170 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
171 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
172 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
173 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
174 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
175 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
176 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete