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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197 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 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
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 Dan Turner 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
30 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
31 James Noble 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Serenade, Golden Shadow, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, Last Wave Goodbye
32 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women, 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 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
53 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
54 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
55 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
56 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
57 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
58 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
59 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
60 Ethan Walker 8B+ Dandelion Mind
61 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
62 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
63 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
64 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
65 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
66 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
67 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
68 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
69 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
70 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred
71 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
72 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
73 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
74 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
75 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
76 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
77 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake
78 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit, Flip Flopera
79 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher, Rhythm, Chabang, The Ace
80 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
81 Keith Bradbury 8B Khéops, La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma, Gourmandise
82 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
83 Adam Smith 8B Combination, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
84 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension, Louis Left
85 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
86 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass
87 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
88 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
89 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
90 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
91 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
92 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon
93 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
94 Jamie Rankin 8B Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods, Combination
95 Jacob Handyside 8B The Riverbed, Charity Bouldern, Riders on the Storm
96 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
97 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
98 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul, Bulbhaul
99 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
100 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
101 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
102 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, Crown Worthay
103 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
104 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
105 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
106 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
107 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
108 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman
109 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
110 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleau Sacré
111 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
112 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
113 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
114 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
115 Luca Martins 8B The Ace, Kick Me Up
116 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
117 Rhys Conlon 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Fat Lip
118 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
119 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
120 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
121 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
122 Luke Fletcher 8B Dead and Bloated, Mr. Spantastic
123 Liam Desroy 8B Vecchio Leone, The Riverbed
124 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
125 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
126 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
127 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
128 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
129 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
130 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
131 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
132 James Thornton 8B The Ace
133 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
134 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
135 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
136 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
137 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
138 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul
139 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
140 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
141 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
142 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
143 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
144 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
145 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
146 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
147 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
148 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
149 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
150 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
151 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
152 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
153 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
154 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
155 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
156 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
157 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
158 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
159 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
160 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
161 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
162 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
163 Kyle Whitehand 8B Combination
164 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
165 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
166 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
167 Matt Helliker 8B Combination
168 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
169 Sebastien Dove 8B Combination
170 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
171 Callum Amos 8B XTRA
172 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera
173 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
174 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
175 Thom Davies 8B Amber
176 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
177 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
178 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
179 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
180 Jack Mckechnie 8B Supersize Me
181 Beidrik Scott 8B Superman
182 Sébastien Dussaut 8B Boogalagga
183 Sam White 8B Sideshow
184 Finn Parry 8B Superman
185 Josh Hummel-Newell 8B Superman
186 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
187 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
188 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
189 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
190 John Welford 8B Superman
191 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
192 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
193 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
194 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
195 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
196 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
197 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine