Moves by budget hotel chain Travelodge to slim down its network of sites do not include the £3.5 million 69-bed-room hotel in Valley Road, near Forster Square Retail Park, which opened last year.

The group has found new operators for some hotels, including Wakefield Woolley Edge South and Wakefield Woolley Edge North which will be operated and managed by Travelodge under a franchise contract with Moto.