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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184 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 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
13 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (Pre December 2013)
14 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
15 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
16 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
17 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours
18 Sam Blackwell 8C Paradise Found
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 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
25 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
26 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
27 James Noble 8B+ Serenade, Golden Shadow, Jour de Chasse, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, 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, Little Women
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 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal, Last Wave Goodbye
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 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
42 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
43 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
44 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis, The Origin
45 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
46 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
47 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
48 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
49 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
50 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
51 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
52 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
53 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
54 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
55 Ben Freeman 8B+ Monk Life
56 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
57 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
58 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
59 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
60 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
61 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
62 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
63 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
64 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
65 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
66 Eli Cartwright 8B+ Bewilderness
67 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred
68 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
69 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
70 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
71 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
72 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
73 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
74 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
75 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho, The Neon Handshake
76 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
77 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher, Rhythm, Chabang, The Ace
78 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit
79 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
80 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
81 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
82 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Khéops, Ammagamma
83 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass
84 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
85 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, The Vault, Crown Worthay
86 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
87 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
88 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
89 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
90 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
91 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault, Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
92 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon
93 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall
94 Luca Martins 8B The Vault, The Ace, Kick Me Up
95 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension
96 Jacob Handyside 8B Charity Bouldern, Riders on the Storm, The Riverbed
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 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
101 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
102 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
103 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa
104 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
105 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
106 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
107 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
108 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleau Sacré
109 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
110 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
111 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
112 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
113 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
114 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
115 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
116 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
117 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
118 Wiz Fineron 8B The Riverbed, The Vice
119 Luke Fletcher 8B Dead and Bloated, Mr. Spantastic
120 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
121 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
122 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
123 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
124 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
125 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul
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 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 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 Thom Davies 8B Amber
171 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
172 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
173 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
174 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
175 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
176 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
177 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
178 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
179 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
180 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
181 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
182 John Welford 8B Superman
183 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
184 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb