Skyhooks is a pair of 18-metre (59 ft) high statues created by the English artist Brian Fell,^[1] erected at the northern entrance to the Trafford ParkFirst planned industrial estate in the world, and still the largest in Europe. industrial estate in 1995 to mark the area’s regeneration.^[2] They were intended as a reference to the common practical joke of sending new apprentices in factories or workplaces to ask for impossible items such as tartan paint, or sky hooks.^[1]

The statues were removed and put into storage in 2019 to allow further redevelopment in the area to take place, and were restored to their present locations two years later.^[2]