Travelodges are OK if you take advantage of the cheap rates they sometimes offer, as Anahata (treewind) says. The main problem with many of them is that they are not within walking distance of any decent pubs (or even any indecent ones ;-)), as they tend to be near motorways, etc.

So it's good to hear of one that is! Thanks for the tip-off, sapper82.

My advice is to avoid the one on the M4 near Swansea - the worst ever, IMO. We got no sleep at all because a bunch of people (we suspected they were drug dealers) in one room played loud 'rave' type music (or whatever it's called), with people coming and going, literally all night (their customers, if our theory is correct). There was supposed to be a security guard but there was no sign of him (or her). The reception desk was closed the next day (Sunday) so we couldn't say anything at the time, so we wrote a letter, and got the response "you should have told the security guard or reported it to reception". I had to write again, asking if they had read my letter properly, as I had explained all the above in it. Eventually we got a free voucher which we used in a quieter location later :-)

Sorry for the thread creep - but heed the warning! :-)