Just like in America, these cookie-cutter, cut-rate lodgings by the sides of the motorway (and in the cities) offer cheap, reliable rooms—if not a particularly memorable stay
A familiar chain hotel just down the road from Stonehenge
Until the early 19th century, London did not have any hotels, only coaching inns, which looked remarkably like modern multi-story motels, the rooms opening off outdoor corridors. The last (partially) surviving coaching inn is The George Inn, though only its pub component is still active.
