Editing Sark (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Sark ferry arrival.jpg|thumb|The high-speed ferry service from Jersey arriving at Sark]]
[[File:Sark July 2010 27.jpg|thumb|Street scene in Sark]]
The Isle of Sark Shipping Company operates small ferries from Sark to [[St Peter Port]], Guernsey. The service takes 55 minutes for the {{convert|9|mi}} crossing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Bio|url=https://www.sarkshippingcompany.com/about-us/company-bio|website=Sark Shipping Company Ltd|access-date=5 December 2017|date=4 July 2012|archive-date=3 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303034151/https://www.sarkshippingcompany.com/about-us/company-bio|url-status=dead}}</ref> A high-speed passenger ferry is operated in summer by the French company Manche Iles Express to [[Saint Helier]], [[Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manche-iles-express.com |title=Manches Îles Express |publisher=Manche-iles-express.com |access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref> A 12-passenger boat, the ''Lady Maris II'', operates regular services to [[Alderney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitalderney.com/stay/travel/ |title=States of Alderney Visit Alderney website |publisher=Visitalderney.com |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>

The island is a [[car-free zone]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic lights on car-free Sark|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-11982125|website=BBC News|date=13 December 2010}}</ref> where the only vehicles allowed are [[Carriage|horse-drawn vehicles]], bicycles, [[tractor]]s, and battery-powered buggies for elderly or disabled people. [[Electric bicycles]] were deregulated in the 2019 Midsummer [[Chief Pleas]] with the ordinance coming in to force on 4 July 2019.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Official Report of the Midsummer Meeting of Chief Please of the Island of Sark
| url = http://www.gov.sark.gg/downloads/agendas_and_minutes/2019_agendas-minutes/190703_hansard.pdf
| access-date = 6 August 2019}}</ref> Passengers and goods arriving by ferry from Guernsey are transported from the wharf by tractor-pulled vehicles.

There is no airport on Sark, and flight over Sark below 2400&nbsp;ft is prohibited by the ''Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Guernsey) Regulations 1985'' (Guernsey 1985/21). The closest airports are [[Guernsey Airport]] and [[Jersey Airport]]. Sark lies directly in line of approach to the runway of Guernsey airport, however, and low-flying{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} aircraft regularly fly over the island.