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