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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166 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Aidan Roberts 9A Alphane, Spots of Time, Midnight
2 Will Bosi 9A Alphane, Burden of Dreams, Return of the Sleepwalker
3 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Golden Daze, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
4 James Squire 8C The World is Yours, Spray of Light, Ambition, Paradise Found
5 Ned Feehally 8C The Big Island, Sine Language, Serenata
6 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS
7 Solly Kemball-Dory 8C Paradise Found, The Story of Two Worlds, Posiedon's Wraith
8 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
9 Sam Blackwell 8C World at War, Paradise Found
10 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours, World at War
11 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
12 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (Pre December 2013)
13 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
14 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
15 James Pearson 8C Juneru
16 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
17 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found
18 Nathan Phillips 8C Juneru
19 Sam Prior 8C Serenata
20 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
21 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchemiste, Bombadil, The Magna Strata, Bewilderness, Crescendo, La Ligne De Bête
22 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
23 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Trill, The Boss, Black Eagle
24 Dan Turner 8B+ Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Star Power, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
25 James Noble 8B+ Serenade, Golden Shadow, Jour de Chasse, Bordello SDS, The Boss, Last Wave Goodbye
26 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
27 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink
28 Pete Dawson 8B+ Pilgrimage, Superman SDS, Bewilderness, Weeding the Lip
29 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
30 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ Meadowlark Lemon, New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
31 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
32 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
33 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
34 Alex Barrows 8B+ Pilgrimage, Mortal Immortal
35 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
36 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal
37 Max Milne 8B+ Lord Farquhar, Superman SDS
38 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
39 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
40 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
41 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
42 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
43 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
44 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
45 Joe Wilson 8B+ Bloodsport LH
46 Tom Newman 8B+ Serendipity
47 Ben Freeman 8B+ Monk Life
48 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
49 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
50 Jim Pope 8B+ The Boss
51 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
52 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
53 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
54 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
55 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
56 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
57 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis
58 Hamish McArthur 8B+ Gran Paradiso
59 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong
60 Ben Bransby 8B+ The Boss
61 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
62 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
63 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
64 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
65 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
66 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
67 Liam Fyffe 8B+ The Origin
68 Tim Blake 8B Isles of Wonder, Master of Stone, Louis Armstrong, Wedgie Wall, Nine Pinch Nails, Zero, The Diamond Inspector, Hustled SDS, My Own Private Idaho, Second Coming, Madame Allure, The Hourglass, Panic on Funkotron, Cypher, Isles of Wonder, Ramped Up, The Ace
69 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, A Life Aesthetic, The Power of Goodbye, My Own Private Idaho, Power of Goodbye, The Neon Handshake, Compact Culture
70 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, Director's Cut, The Ace, The Hourglass, Louis Armstrong
71 Alex Moore 8B Isla de Encanta, Sideshow, Flip Flopera, Dark Edges, The Ace
72 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
73 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
74 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Voyager, Director's Cut
75 Danny Cattell 8B Louis Armstrong, Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
76 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Director's Cut
77 Jonny Argue 8B Louis Armstrong, Fat Lip, Voyager
78 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
79 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
80 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
81 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
82 Jacob Handyside 8B The Riverbed, Riders on the Storm, Charity Bouldern
83 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
84 Steve McClure 8B Close of Business, Fat Lip
85 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma
86 Ethan Walker 8B Dandelion Mind, Belly of the Beast
87 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
88 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
89 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
90 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
91 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction
92 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
93 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start
94 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
95 Arlo Rogers 8B Distortion, Weapons Cache
96 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
97 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
98 Luke Fletcher 8B Dead and Bloated, Mr. Spantastic
99 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
100 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
101 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
102 Jamie Cassidy 8B Director's Cut
103 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
104 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
105 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
106 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
107 Ed Hamer 8B Louis Armstrong
108 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
109 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
110 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
111 James Thornton 8B The Ace
112 Richard Hession 8B Louis Armstrong
113 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
114 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
115 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman
116 Chris Doyle 8B Director's Cut
117 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
118 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
119 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
120 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk
121 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
122 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
123 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
124 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
125 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
126 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
127 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
128 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault
129 Flinn Mcinerney 8B Flip Flopera
130 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
131 James Taylor 8B Director's Cut
132 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
133 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
134 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
135 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
136 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
137 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
138 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
139 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
140 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
141 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
142 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
143 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
144 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault
145 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
146 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault
147 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails
148 Luca Martins 8B The Ace
149 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
150 Si Moore 8B Nothin' But Sunshine
151 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
152 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
153 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
154 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
155 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
156 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
157 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
158 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
159 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
160 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
161 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
162 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
163 John Welford 8B Superman
164 Eli Cartwright 8B The Riverbed
165 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
166 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity