I am specifically looking for UK local authorities, wards, postcodes in shp file format.
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/boundary-line.html and https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/code-point-open.html perhaps? – John Powell Jul 15 '15 at 20:12
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general information: an ESRI "shapefile" is actually composed of the three file types that you listed. Often people refer to wanting a .shp file or exporting to a .shp format, but really they are referring to a set of files, .shp, .shx and .dbf (sometimes there are more, like .prj, etc) which are read by GIS software as a "shapefile". A .lyr file is a set of styling information that must reference a shapefile or an online map service. – mr.adam Jul 16 '15 at 15:57
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OSGeo has a Public Geodata for the UK list. The second link is for boundary data.
You may also want to look at data.gov.uk Boundary-Line data
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Thanks for all your links. Was not aware of OSgeo- which looks like a great resource. – user54983 Jul 16 '15 at 15:56
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Why use OSgeo when you can download a zipped set of shp files (or csv in the case of codeopint) directly from the data supplier, as in the links I posted above? – John Powell Jul 16 '15 at 16:18
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John, you should add your OS comment as an answer - I'd up-vote it. – MikeRSpencer Jul 17 '15 at 11:27