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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181 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 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 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchemiste, La Ligne de Bête, Bombadil, Lower Limbs, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete, 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 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power, Orlok
46 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
47 Alex Moore 8B+ The Boss, Smiling Buttress
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 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
72 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
73 Chris Marley 8B+ Moonstruck
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 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 Hourglass, The Ace, Louis Armstrong
81 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
82 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher, Rhythm, Chabang
83 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
84 Keith Bradbury 8B Khéops, La Danse des Balrogs, 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 Luca Martins 8B The Vault, The Ace, Kick Me Up
95 Jacob Handyside 8B The Riverbed, Riders on the Storm, Charity Bouldern
96 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
97 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
98 Ethan Walker 8B Belly of the Beast, Dandelion Mind
99 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
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 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
106 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
107 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
108 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
109 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
110 Arlo Rogers 8B Distortion, Weapons Cache
111 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
112 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm
113 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
114 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
115 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
116 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
117 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
118 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
119 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
120 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
121 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
122 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul
123 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
124 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
125 Ed Hamer 8B Louis Armstrong
126 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
127 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
128 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
129 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
130 James Thornton 8B The Ace
131 Richard Hession 8B Louis Armstrong
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 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
138 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
139 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
140 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
141 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
142 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
143 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
144 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
145 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
146 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
147 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
148 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
149 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
150 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
151 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
152 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
153 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
154 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
155 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
156 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
157 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
158 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
159 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
160 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails
161 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
162 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
163 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
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 Müller 8B Another World SDS
169 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
170 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
171 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
172 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
173 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
174 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
175 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
176 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
177 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
178 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
179 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
180 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
181 John Welford 8B Superman