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.

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
2025	Bank Road,, Derbyshire	Rachel Galler	Illi Gardner	Madeleine Heywood
2024	Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, Northumberland	Illi Gardner	Lizi Brooke	Abi Plowman
2023	The Struggle,, 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