That County Hotel is useful for future reference...
I stayed in the EasyHotel in Paddington a few weeks ago for £34 + a booking fee of I think £1.80. (This was a room with a window) Perfectly acceptable for one night. Room a bit small - but all in all OK.
Other cheap or cheap-ish hotels I've stayed at over the last couple of years in Britain or so include
- The Ibis in Reading - not bad at all for the price,
- the Travelodges in Sheffield, Feltham and Kingston -upon-Thames (the "Central" ones in both Sheffield and Kingston). Sheffield definitely the best of these, and Kingston definitely the worst. Feltham quite acceptable, but not exactly in a nice neighbourhood (I saw some shoplifters being handcuffed out of the supermarket next to the hotel at 10am, and the number of people sinking pints in the Wetherspoons there at that hour was also pretty extraordinary)
- the Holiday Inn in Cardiff (City Centre). Quite acceptable again.
- the Green Dragon in Hereford. Enormous, somewhat ramshackle, but characterful building that had much charm but had clearly seen better days
- the Lord Hill in Shrewsbury. Exceptional value for money. Clean, efficient, friendly, professional, great breakfast thrown in too.
One interesting cheap, chain hotel I stayed in last year was the Penta Hotel in Trier, Germany (they've branches in several German and Chinese cities, with one UK outpost in...Reading). Maybe trying a little too hard to aim at "young trendy professionals", but done with flair and considerably more character than the other chains mentioned above...
I stayed in the EasyHotel in Paddington a few weeks ago for £34 + a booking fee of I think £1.80. (This was a room with a window) Perfectly acceptable for one night. Room a bit small - but all in all OK.
Other cheap or cheap-ish hotels I've stayed at over the last couple of years in Britain or so include
- The Ibis in Reading - not bad at all for the price,
- the Travelodges in Sheffield, Feltham and Kingston -upon-Thames (the "Central" ones in both Sheffield and Kingston). Sheffield definitely the best of these, and Kingston definitely the worst. Feltham quite acceptable, but not exactly in a nice neighbourhood (I saw some shoplifters being handcuffed out of the supermarket next to the hotel at 10am, and the number of people sinking pints in the Wetherspoons there at that hour was also pretty extraordinary)
- the Holiday Inn in Cardiff (City Centre). Quite acceptable again.
- the Green Dragon in Hereford. Enormous, somewhat ramshackle, but characterful building that had much charm but had clearly seen better days
- the Lord Hill in Shrewsbury. Exceptional value for money. Clean, efficient, friendly, professional, great breakfast thrown in too.
One interesting cheap, chain hotel I stayed in last year was the Penta Hotel in Trier, Germany (they've branches in several German and Chinese cities, with one UK outpost in...Reading). Maybe trying a little too hard to aim at "young trendy professionals", but done with flair and considerably more character than the other chains mentioned above...