Just to add on the Scotland degree, in Scotland you get the YSB and tutition fees given to you each year AND a student loan (if you need it).
I was getting £3,000 Young Student Bursary, all my tutition fees paid for (no loan) and a student loan of around £1,000-2000 just to help pay for things.
I know a few English students who haven't been given the same benefits as Scottish based students, in fact EU students usually get better benefits.
I left my first course debt free and ended up taking some extra funding to do another course.
There is a difference in time (according to people on these forums) standard BSc,BA etc takes 3 years but students usually do a 4th year at hons level.
Our holidays are huge though, May to Sept each year including the usual easter/christmas breaks.