The 313-foot Muswell Hill top, west of Wood Green, is North London's counterpart to the Crystal Palace. The Great Northern Railway Company established Wood Green (now Alexandra Palace) station towards the end of the 1850s, and the Great Northern Palace Company purchased Tottenham Wood Farm. The company built a large house on the edge of the estate which they called "Wood Green". The new station was named after the estate and not the house because it was expected that other stations would be built. The station was designed by Thomas Crapper who also did some work on Buckingham Palace. It has been said that the toilets at Alexandra Palace are the best in London but this cannot be true as there are no shops at the palace so you can't buy anything while you're waiting. The palace grounds include a golf course and a football pitch so there are lots of things to do here if you get bored of looking at trees. In fact, there aren't really any trees at all at Alexandra Palace except for some small shrubs under the platforms which isn't much shade at all. The platform roofs are made of ceramic tiles and have been described as looking like giant saucers of milk tea with eight corners. There are also some sculptures on the roof but they were removed when the station became air-raid proof in 1940.