# British National Hill Climb Championships

The British National Hill Climb Championship is a hill climbing competition held annually by Cycling Time Trials with the location varying year on year. The first edition was in 1944 and it has been won by some of the best all-round British cyclists, such as Brian Robinson, Paul Curran, Malcolm Elliot, Chris Boardman and Jeff Williams.
Historically, competitors often chose to use a fixed gear bicycle for lower weight and the ability to maintain pedalling momentum. Due to advances in gearing technology, geared bikes have dominated the field over the past decade.

## 2019 Championship

The 2019 British National Hill Climb Championships was held on Haytor Vale in Devon on 27 October 2019. The winners took record-breaking victories: Hayley Simmonds' time was 00:14:17.8 and Ed Laverack's time was 00:11:37.0.

## 2021 Championship

The 2021 British National Hill Climb Championships was held on Winnats Pass in Derbyshire on 31 October 2021. Tom Bell triumphantly reigned victorious in a time of 00:03:01.6 and Bithja Jones stormed up the pass to claim victory over the women's field in a time of 00:04:00.4. Tomos Pattinson blazed up the wet tarmac to take the junior men's title in a time of 00:03:26.6, whilst Sannah Zaman's effort grants her the junior women's title in a time of 00:04:44.1.

## Men's results

| Year | Hill | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2024 | Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, Northumberland | Harry Macfarlane | Andrew Feather | Kieran Wynne-Cattanach |
| 2023 | The Struggle, (Kirkstone Road), Cumbria | Andrew Feather | Ed Laverack | Patrick Clark |
| 2022 | The Old Shoe, Horseshoe Pass, Denbighshire | Andrew Feather | Tom Bell | Richard Bussell |
| 2021 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Tom Bell | Andrew Feather | Andy Nichols |
| 2020 | Streatley Hill, Berkshire | Andrew Feather | Tom Bell | Adam Kenway |
| 2019 | Haytor Vale, Devon | Ed Laverack | Paul Double | Richard Bussell |
| 2018 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge | Andrew Feather | Calum Brown | Adam Kenway |
| 2017 | Hedley Hill, Northumberland | Dan Evans | Adam Kenway | Kieran Savage |
| 2016 | Bank Road, Matlock, Derbyshire | Adam Kenway | Isaac Mundy | James Lowden |
| 2015 | Jackson Bridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire | Richard Bussell | Dan Evans | Joe Clark |
| 2014 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Dan Evans | Matt Clinton | Adam Kenway |
| 2013 | The Stang, Yorkshire | Tejvan Pettinger | James Gullen | Matt Clinton |
| 2012 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Jack Pullar | Gunnar Gronlund | Matt Clinton |
| 2011 | Long Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire | Gunnar Gronlund | Richard Handley | Matt Clinton |
| 2010 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Dan Fleeman | Matt Clinton | Michael Smith |
| 2009 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Dan Fleeman | Matt Clinton | Jim Henderson |
| 2008 | Bank Road, Matlock | Matt Clinton | Bill Bell | Jim Henderson |
| 2007 | Cheddar Gorge, Somerset | James Dobbin | David Clarke | Matt Clinton |
| 2006 | Peak Hill, Sidmouth, Devon | James Dobbin | David Clarke | Jon Dayus |
| 2005 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Ben Greenwood | Jim Henderson | David Clarke |
| 2004 | Winter's Gibbet, Elsdon, Northumberland | Jon Dayus | James Dobbin | Alex Coutts |
| 2003 | Halifax Lane, Luddenden | Jim Henderson | Mark Lovatt | David Clarke |
| 2002 | Cat and Fiddle, Cheshire | Mark Lovatt | Michael Hutchinson | Ian Stott |
| 2001 | Y Bwlch, Ruthin | Jim Henderson | Tom Anderson | Chris Myhill |
| 2000 | West Close Hill, Rodney Stoke, Somerset | Jim Henderson | Tom Anderson | Ian Stott |
| 1999 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Jim Henderson | Jeff Wright | Richard Taylor |
| 1998 | Dover's Hill, Weston sub Edge, Gloucestershire | Jim Henderson | Jeff Wright | Gary Baker |
| 1997 | Rowsley Bar, Derbyshire | Stuart Dangerfield | Jim Henderson | Jeff Wright |
| 1996 | Carlton Bank, Cleveland | Stuart Dangerfield | Steve Hulme | Jim Henderson |
| 1995 | Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex | Stuart Dangerfield | Jeff Wright | Chris Newton |
| 1994 | Jackson Bridge, West Yorkshire | Jeff Wright | Stuart Dangerfield | Rob Harris |
| 1993 | Newlands Pass, Buttermere, Cumbria | Stuart Dangerfield | Jeff Wright | Rob Reynolds-Jones |
| 1992 | St John's Chapel, County Durham | Stuart Dangerfield | Jeff Wright | Peter Longbottom |
| 1991 | Park Rash, Kettlewell, Yorkshire | Chris Boardman | Jeff Wright | Stuart Dangerfield |
| 1990 | Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon | Chris Boardman | Steve Marchant | Stuart Dangerfield |
| 1989 | The Burway, Church Stretton, Shropshire | Chris Boardman | Scott O'Brien | Steve Marchant |
| 1988 | Nick O' Pendle, Sabden, Lancashire | Chris Boardman | Phil Sheard | Paul Curran |
| 1987 | Rosedale Chimney, North Yorkshire | Paul Curran | Chris Boardman | Steve Marchant |
| 1986 | Riber Hill, Matlock, Derbyshire | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | C. Walker |
| 1985 | Challacombe Hill, Woolacombe, Devon | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | Karl Smith |
| 1984 | Crawleyside, Stanhope, County Durham | Darryl Webster | Steve Marchant | Karl Smith |
| 1983 | Weston Hill, Bath | Darryl Webster | Mark Noble | Phil Mason |
| 1982 | Dover's Hill, Weston sub Edge, Gloucestershire | Jeff Williams | Keith Reynolds | Dave Jarvis |
| 1981 | Bwlch yr Oernant (Horseshoe Pass), Llangollen | Jeff Williams | Malcolm Elliott | Callum Gough/Darryl Webster tied |
| 1980 | Nick O' Pendle, Lancashire | Malcolm Elliott | Jeff Williams | Gareth Armitage |
| 1979 | Haytor Vale, Devon | Jeff Williams | Dave Pitman | Gareth Armitage |
| 1978 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Gareth Armitage | Chris Miller | John Parker |
| 1977 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | John Parker | Gareth Armitage | Ian Moore |
| 1976 | Horseshoe Pass | Joe Waugh | Dave Pitman | S Johnson |
| 1975 | Nick O'Pendle | Gareth Armitage | Paul Carbutt | Joe Waugh |
| 1974 | Holme Moss, West Yorkshire | Joe Waugh | Colin Berry | Ron Martin |
| 1973 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Granville Sydney | Jack Kershaw | Paul Wildsmith |
| 1972 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Granville Sydney | John Clewarth | Paul Wildsmith |
| 1971 | Bwlch yr Oernant, Llangollen | John Clewarth | D Lloyd | W Moore |
| 1970 | Nick O'Pendle | Granville Sydney | Ralph Wilson | Tony Gornall |
| 1969 | Llywel, Brecknockshire | Granville Sydney | Claude Kearley | Ralph Wilson |
| 1968 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Pete Gannon | Paul Wildsmith | Granville Sydney |
| 1967 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Paul Wildsmith | G Clements | Granville/Graham Sydney (tie) |
| 1966 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | PD Greenhalgh | Paul Wildsmith | G.Sydney |
| 1965 | Dover's Hill | Granville Sydney | P.J.Graham (tie) | R.Martin (tie) |
| 1964 | Peaslows , Derbyshire | Eric Wilson | Ernie Lightfoot | Granville Sydney |
| 1963 | Winnats Pass | Granville Sydney | P.J.Graham | R.Foster |
| 1962 | Nick O' Pendle, Lancashire | Peter Graham | R.Foster | D.Millar |
| 1961 | Yorkshire Hill, Caint | Peter Graham | R.Foster | D.A.Patten |
| 1960 | Saintbury, Gloucestershire | Eric Wilson | P.J.Graham | R.Foster |
| 1959 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Gordon Rhodes | R.Foster | Peter Graham |
| 1958 | Monk's Lane, Bathford | Peter Graham | Eric Wilson | Bill Holmes |
| 1957 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Eric Wilson | Arthur Pursey | Bill Holmes |
| 1956 | Saintbury, Gloucestershire | Les Ingman | Eric Wilson | W Bradley |
| 1955 | Holly Lane, Derbyshire | Eric Wilson | Roy Keighley | Arthur Pursey |
| 1954 | Holme Moss | Les Ingman | Eric Wilson | W Bradley |
| 1953 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Roy Keighley | Ronnie Stringwell | PS Boyd |
| 1952 | Mow Cop, Staffordshire | Brian Robinson | Jim Pentecost | Roy Keighley |
| 1951 | Saintbury, Gloucestershire | Ronnie Stringwell | Brian Robinson | R Procter |
| 1950 | Barber's Hill, Llangollen | Ronnie Stringwell | Bob Maitland | Brian Robinson |
| 1949 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Bob Maitland | WE Penvose | Vic Clark |
| 1948 | Landsdowne Lane at Weston near Bath | Vic Clark | Dick Woore | Bernard King |
| 1947 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Vic Clark | Bob Maitland | Harold Worthen |
| 1946 | Holly Lane,Ambergate | Vic Clark | Bob Maitland | Laurie Dodd |
| 1945 | Peaslows Hill, Chapel en le Frith | Bob Maitland | Vin Taylor | JD Spink |
| 1944 | Brasted, Kent | Frank Worthen | Vic Clark | Vin Taylor |

## Women's Results

Results for the women's national hill climb only go back as far as 1998, as this is the year they competed in their own category. Prior to 1998 women and men competed in the same category.
| Year | Hill | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2024 | Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, Northumberland | Illi Gardner | Lizi Brooke | Abi Plowman |
| 2023 | The Struggle, (Kirkstone Road), Cumbria | Illi Gardner | Lizi Brooke | Abi Plowman |
| 2022 | The Old Shoe, Horseshoe Pass, Denbighshire | Illi Gardner | Mary Wilkinson | Bithja Jones |
| 2021 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Bithja Jones | Mary Wilkinson | Rebecca Richardson |
| 2020 | Streatley Hill, Berkshire | Bithja Jones | Mary Wilkinson | Monica Greenwood |
| 2019 | Haytor Vale, Devon | Hayley Simmonds | Joscelin Lowden | Rebecca Richardson |
| 2018 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge | Fiona Burnie | Mary Wilkinson | Kate Mactear |
| 2017 | Hedley Hill, Northumberland | Joscelin Lowden | Mary Wilkinson | Hayley Simmonds |
| 2016 | Bank Road, Matlock, Derbyshire | Lou Bates | Becky Lewis | Joanne Clay |
| 2015 | Jackson Bridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire | Maryka Sennema | Hayley Simmonds | Lou Bates |
| 2014 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Maryka Sennema | Lou Collins | Lynn Hamel |
| 2013 | The Stang, Yorkshire | Maryka Sennema | Lynn Hamel | Angela Hibbs |
| 2012 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Lynn Hamel | Joanna Clay | Ann Bowditch |
| 2011 | Long Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire | Lynn Hamel | Rebecca Slack | Sarah Byrne |
| 2010 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Lynn Hamel | Chrissy Radon | Michelle King |
| 2009 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Anna Fischer | Lynn Hamel | Claire Cook |
| 2008 | Bank Road, Matlock | Lynn Hamel | Claire Thomas | Marianne Britten |
| 2007 | Cheddar Gorge, Somerset | Caroline Kloiber | Lynn Hamel | Ann Bowditch |
| 2006 | Peak Hill, Sidmouth, Devon | Ann Bowditch | Lynn Hanel | Jane Kilmartin |
| 2005 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Ann Bowditch | Hannah Bussey | Jane Morris |
| 2004 | Winter's Gibbet, Elsdon, Northumberland | Ann Bowditch | Catherine Hare | Lynn Hamel |
| 2003 | Halifax Lane, Luddenden | Ruth Dorrington | Marianne Hesketh | |
| 2002 | Cat and Fiddle, Cheshire | Ann Wooldridge | | |
| 2001 | Y Bwlch, Ruthin | Susan Massey | | |
| 2000 | West Close Hill, Rodney Stoke, Somerset | Tracey Maund | | |
| 1999 | The Rake, Ramsbottom | Helen Dawson | | |
| 1998 | Dover's Hill, Weston sub Edge, Gloucestershire | Nicole Cooke | Jill Reames | Tracey Maund |