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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177 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 Hamish McArthur 8C+ Big Z
5 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Golden Daze, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
6 Ned Feehally 8C The Big Island, The Last Anasazi, Sine Language, Serenata
7 James Squire 8C The World is Yours, Spray of Light, Ambition, Paradise Found
8 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS
9 Nathan Phillips 8C Juneru, Trance, Beautiful Mind
10 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
11 Sam Blackwell 8C World at War, Paradise Found
12 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours, World at War
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 James Pearson 8C Juneru
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, Bombadil, Lower Limbs, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete, Bewilderness, La Ligne De Bête, Crescendo
24 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
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, 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 Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
38 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal
39 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
40 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
41 Jim Pope 8B+ The Boss, Kindred
42 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
43 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
44 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
45 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
46 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
47 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
48 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
49 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
50 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
51 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
52 Tom Newman 8B+ Serendipity
53 Ben Freeman 8B+ Monk Life
54 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
55 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
56 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
57 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
58 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
59 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
60 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
61 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
62 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
63 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
64 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis
65 Eli Cartwright 8B+ Bewilderness
66 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power
67 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
68 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
69 Alex Moore 8B+ The Boss
70 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
71 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
72 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
73 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
74 Chris Marley 8B+ Moonstruck
75 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, A Life Aesthetic, The Power of Goodbye, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake, Compact Culture
76 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
77 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
78 Danny Cattell 8B Louis Armstrong, Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
79 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Hourglass, Louis Armstrong, The Ace
80 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Voyager
81 Jonny Argue 8B Louis Armstrong, Fat Lip, Voyager
82 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
83 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
84 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
85 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
86 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault, Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
87 Jacob Handyside 8B Charity Bouldern, The Riverbed, Riders on the Storm
88 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
89 Steve McClure 8B Close of Business, Fat Lip
90 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma
91 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
92 Ethan Walker 8B Belly of the Beast, Dandelion Mind
93 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
94 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, The Vault
95 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
96 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
97 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
98 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera
99 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
100 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction
101 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
102 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
103 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start
104 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
105 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
106 Arlo Rogers 8B Distortion, Weapons Cache
107 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
108 Luca Martins 8B The Ace, Kick Me Up
109 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher
110 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
111 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
112 Ben West 8B Mooiste Meisie, Steppenwolf
113 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
114 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
115 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
116 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
117 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
118 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul
119 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
120 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
121 Ed Hamer 8B Louis Armstrong
122 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
123 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
124 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
125 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
126 James Thornton 8B The Ace
127 Richard Hession 8B Louis Armstrong
128 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
129 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
130 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
131 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
132 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
133 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
134 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
135 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk
136 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
137 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
138 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
139 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
140 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
141 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
142 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
143 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
144 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
145 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
146 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
147 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
148 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
149 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
150 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
151 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
152 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
153 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
154 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
155 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
156 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
157 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails
158 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
159 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
160 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
161 Harry Constantine 8B Superman
162 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip
163 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
164 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
165 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera
166 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
167 John Welford 8B Superman
168 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
169 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
170 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
171 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
172 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
173 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
174 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
175 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
176 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
177 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie