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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194 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
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 Eli Cartwright 8C Trance
26 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
27 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, Catalan Witness the Fitness, From Shallow Water to Riverbed
28 Dan Turner 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
29 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
30 James Noble 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Serenade, Golden Shadow, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, Last Wave Goodbye
31 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women, Last Wave Goodbye
32 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
33 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal, Dandelion Mind, Last Wave Goodbye, Fleeting Youth
34 Alex Barrows 8B+ Pilgrimage, Mortal Immortal, Belly Full of Nachos, 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 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
52 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
53 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
54 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
55 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
56 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
57 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
58 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
59 Ethan Walker 8B+ Dandelion Mind
60 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
61 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
62 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
63 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
64 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
65 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
66 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
67 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
68 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
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 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit, Flip Flopera
78 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher, Rhythm, Chabang, The Ace
79 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
80 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
81 Adam Smith 8B Combination, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
82 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension, Louis Left
83 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
84 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Khéops, Ammagamma
85 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass
86 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
87 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
88 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
89 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
90 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
91 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon
92 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
93 Jacob Handyside 8B Riders on the Storm, The Riverbed, Charity Bouldern
94 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
95 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
96 Dan Warren 8B Bulbhaul, The Real Keelhaul
97 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
98 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
99 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, Crown Worthay
100 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
101 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
102 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
103 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
104 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
105 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman
106 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
107 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleau Sacré
108 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
109 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
110 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
111 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
112 Luca Martins 8B The Ace, Kick Me Up
113 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
114 Jamie Rankin 8B Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
115 Rhys Conlon 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Fat Lip
116 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
117 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
118 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
119 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
120 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
121 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
122 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
123 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
124 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
125 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
126 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
127 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
128 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
129 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
130 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
131 James Thornton 8B The Ace
132 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
133 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
134 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
135 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
136 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
137 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul
138 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
139 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
140 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
141 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
142 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
143 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
144 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
145 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
146 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
147 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
148 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
149 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
150 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
151 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
152 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
153 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
154 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
155 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
156 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
157 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
158 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
159 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
160 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
161 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
162 Kyle Whitehand 8B Combination
163 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
164 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
165 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
166 Matt Helliker 8B Combination
167 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
168 Sebastien Dove 8B Combination
169 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
170 Callum Amos 8B XTRA
171 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera
172 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
173 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
174 Thom Davies 8B Amber
175 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
176 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
177 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
178 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
179 Beidrik Scott 8B Superman
180 Sébastien Dussaut 8B Boogalagga
181 Sam White 8B Sideshow
182 Finn Parry 8B Superman
183 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
184 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
185 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
186 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
187 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
188 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
189 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
190 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
191 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
192 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
193 John Welford 8B Superman
194 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine