Pros: very quiet services so decent sleep, restaurant available, reasonably priced rooms, room was spotlessly clean - you could smell the cleaning products as you opened the door, modern stylish rooms, powerful shower, decent tv, little row of shops outside consisting of independent coffee shop, beauty salon, charity shop, subway, pan Thai restaurant (a bit of a random collection 😅) petrol station shop is easy to walk to, nice looking pub a short walk, dog friendly and less of a charge than Travelodge!, plenty of charge points for EV, absolutely didn't look like a budget hotel when we went in - I thought we were in the wrong building - feels much more upmarket and new.
Cons: the main services building is pretty much deserted which is a little creepy, the KFC drive through is now abandoned, there's no hot drink facilities in your room - it's help yourself from reception, which is nice but being mobility impaired I need a bit of oomph to get me going on the morning and it was way too far for me to be able to walk when I've just got up, the bathroom set up in the room is a little strange - toilet and shower in separate cubicles and then the wash basin in the bedroom bit - a bit unusual but got used to it, rooms are a little small but that's the idea!, parking is chargeable (£3) unless you book direct - I think a parking charge is unnecessary considering how quiet the services actually are.