The British high jump athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.
| AAC Championships men's event only | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Year | width=350 | Men's champion |
| 1866 | John Roupell & J. C. Little | ||
| 1867 | Charles Green & Thomas Little | ||
| 1868 | Robert Mitchell | ||
| 1869 | John Hoare | ||
| 1870 | Robert Mitchell | ||
| 1871 | Robert Mitchell | ||
| 1872 | Edward Prior | ||
| 1873 | John Hurst | ||
| 1874 | Marshall Brooks | ||
| 1875 | Michael Glazebrook | ||
| 1876 | Marshall Brooks | ||
| 1877 | Gerard Blathwayt | ||
| 1878 | Thomas Tomlinson | ||
| 1879 | Reginald Macaulay, Robert Thomas & William Hall | ||
| AAA Championships high jump, men's event only | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Year | width=350 | Men's champion |
| 1880 | John Parsons | ||
| 1881 | Patrick Davin | ||
| 1882 | R. F. Houghton | ||
| 1883 | John Parsons | ||
| 1884 | Tom Ray | ||
| 1885 | Patrick Kelly | ||
| 1886 | George Rowdon | ||
| 1887 | George Rowdon | ||
| 1888 | George Rowdon | ||
| 1889 | Thomas Jennings | ||
| 1890 | Cecil Haward | ||
| 1891 | Thomas Jennings | ||
| 1892 | Arthur Watkinson | ||
| 1893 | James Ryan | ||
| 1894 | Reginald Williams | ||
| 1895 | James Ryan | ||
| 1896 | Murty O'Brien | ||
| 1897 | Claude Leggatt | ||
| 1898 | Patrick Leahy | ||
| 1899 | Patrick Leahy | ||
| 1900 | Walter Henderson & Peter O'Connor | ||
| 1901 | Peter O'Connor | ||
| 1902 | Peter O'Connor | ||
| 1903 | Peter O'Connor | ||
| 1904 | Peter O'Connor | ||
| 1905 | Con Leahy | ||
| 1906 | Con Leahy | ||
| 1907 | Con Leahy | ||
| 1908 | Con Leahy | ||
| 1909 | John Banks | ||
| 1910 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1911 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1912 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1913 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1914 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1919 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1920 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||
| 1921 | Benjamin Howard Baker | ||