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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.
| Year | Hill | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 2024[4] | 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 | James Gullen | Matt Clinton | |||
| 2012 | Jack Pullar | Gunnar Gronlund | Matt Clinton | ||
| 2011 | Long Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire | Gunnar Gronlund | Matt Clinton | ||
| 2010 | Dover's Hill, Gloucestershire | Matt Clinton | Michael Smith | ||
| 2009 | Pea Royd Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 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 | Jon Dayus | ||||
| 2005 | Jim Henderson | David Clarke | |||
| 2004 | James Dobbin | Alex Coutts | |||
| 2003 | |||||
| 2002 | Ian Stott | ||||
| 2001 | Chris Myhill | ||||
| 2000 | Ian Stott | ||||
| 1999 | Richard Taylor | ||||
| 1998 | Gary Baker | ||||
| 1997 | Jeff Wright | ||||
| 1996 | Jim Henderson | ||||
| 1995 | Chris Newton | ||||
| 1994 | Stuart Dangerfield | Rob Harris | |||
| 1993 | Jeff Wright | Rob Reynolds-Jones | |||
| 1992 | Jeff Wright | Peter Longbottom | |||
| 1991 | Jeff Wright | Stuart Dangerfield | |||
| 1990 | Steve Marchant | Stuart Dangerfield | |||
| 1989 | Scott O'Brien | Steve Marchant | |||
| 1988 | Phil Sheard | Paul Curran | |||
| 1987 | Paul Curran | Steve Marchant | |||
| 1986 | Steve Marchant | C. Walker | |||
| 1985 | Steve Marchant | Karl Smith | |||
| 1984 | Steve Marchant | Karl Smith | |||
| 1983 | Mark Noble | Phil Mason | |||
| 1982 | Dave Jarvis | ||||
| 1981 | Callum Gough/Darryl Webster tied | ||||
| 1980 | Gareth Armitage | ||||
| 1979 | Gareth Armitage | ||||
| 1978 | Chris Miller | John Parker | |||
| 1977 | Gareth Armitage | Ian Moore | |||
| 1976 | Horseshoe Pass | Dave Pitman | S Johnson | ||
| 1975 | Nick O'Pendle | Paul Carbutt | Joe Waugh | ||
| 1974 | Colin Berry | Ron Martin | |||
| 1973 | Jack Kershaw | Paul Wildsmith | |||
| 1972 | John Clewarth | Paul Wildsmith | |||
| 1971 | D Lloyd | W Moore | |||
| 1970 | Nick O'Pendle | Ralph Wilson | Tony Gornall | ||
| 1969 | Claude Kearley | Ralph Wilson | |||
| 1968 | Paul Wildsmith | Granville Sydney | |||
| 1967 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | G Clements | Granville/Graham Sydney (tie) | ||
| 1966 | Winnats Pass, Derbyshire | Paul Wildsmith | G.Sydney | ||
| 1965 | Dover's Hill | P.J.Graham (tie) | R.Martin (tie) | ||
| 1964 | Peaslows, Derbyshire | Ernie Lightfoot | Granville Sydney | ||
| 1963 | Winnats Pass | P.J.Graham | R.Foster | ||
| 1962 | R.Foster | D.Millar | |||
| 1961 | R.Foster | D.A.Patten | |||
| 1960 | P.J.Graham | R.Foster | |||
| 1959 | R.Foster | Peter Graham | |||
| 1958 | Monk's Lane, Bathford | Bill Holmes | |||
| 1957 | Bill Holmes | ||||
| 1956 | W Bradley | ||||
| 1955 | Arthur Pursey | ||||
| 1954 | Holme Moss | W Bradley | |||
| 1953 | PS Boyd | ||||
| 1952 | Roy Keighley | ||||
| 1951 | |||||
| 1950 | |||||
| 1949 | Vic Clark | ||||
| 1948 | Landsdowne Lane at Weston near Bath | Bernard King | |||
| 1947 | Harold Worthen | ||||
| 1946 | Holly Lane,Ambergate | Laurie Dodd | |||
| 1945 | Peaslows Hill, Chapel en le Frith | JD Spink | |||
| 1944 | Vin Taylor |
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 | 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 |