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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185 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 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS, Dreamtime, Zircon
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 World at War, Paradise Found
13 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours, World at War
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 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 Harry Constantine 8C Outliers
25 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, Bewilderness, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchemiste, La Ligne de Bête, Bombadil, Crescendo, Lower Limbs, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete
26 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
27 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
28 James Noble 8B+ Serenade, Golden Shadow, Jour de Chasse, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, Last Wave Goodbye
29 Dan Turner 8B+ Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
30 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
31 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women
32 Pete Dawson 8B+ Pilgrimage, Superman SDS, Bewilderness, Weeding the Lip
33 Alex Barrows 8B+ Pilgrimage, Mortal Immortal, Belly Full of Nachos
34 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
35 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
36 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power, Orlok, Crescendo
37 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
38 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
39 Tom Newman 8B+ Fire in the Rain, Serendipity
40 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
41 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal
42 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
43 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
44 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
45 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
46 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred, Cloud Gate
47 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
48 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
49 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
50 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
51 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
52 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
53 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
54 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
55 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
56 Ben Freeman 8B+ Monk Life
57 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
58 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
59 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
60 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
61 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
62 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
63 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
64 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
65 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
66 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
67 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis
68 Eli Cartwright 8B+ Bewilderness
69 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
70 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
71 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
72 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
73 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
74 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
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 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
78 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher, Rhythm, Chabang, The Ace
79 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
80 Danny Cattell 8B Louis Armstrong, Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
81 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Hourglass, The Ace, Louis Armstrong
82 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
83 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
84 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Khéops, Ammagamma
85 Jonny Argue 8B Louis Armstrong, Fat Lip, Voyager
86 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
87 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, The Vault, Crown Worthay
88 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
89 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
90 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
91 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
92 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault, Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
93 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon
94 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
95 Luca Martins 8B The Vault, The Ace, Kick Me Up
96 Jacob Handyside 8B Charity Bouldern, The Riverbed, Riders on the Storm
97 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
98 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
99 Ethan Walker 8B Belly of the Beast, Dandelion Mind
100 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
101 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
102 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
103 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
104 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
105 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
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 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
111 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
112 Arlo Rogers 8B Distortion, Weapons Cache
113 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
114 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
115 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
116 Ben West 8B Mooiste Meisie, Steppenwolf
117 Liam Desroy 8B Vecchio Leone, The Riverbed
118 Luke Fletcher 8B Dead and Bloated, Mr. Spantastic
119 Alex Gorham 8B The Riverbed, Mooiste Meisie
120 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
121 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
122 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
123 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul
124 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
125 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
126 Ed Hamer 8B Louis Armstrong
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 Richard Hession 8B Louis Armstrong
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 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 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
148 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
149 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
150 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
151 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
152 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
153 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
154 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
155 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
156 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
157 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
158 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
159 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
160 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
161 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails
162 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
163 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
164 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
165 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
166 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
167 Callum Amos 8B XTRA
168 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera
169 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
170 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
171 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears
172 Thom Davies 8B Amber
173 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
174 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
175 John Welford 8B Superman
176 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
177 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
178 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
179 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
180 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
181 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
182 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
183 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
184 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
185 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla