{"id":593364,"date":"2026-05-19T23:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593364\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T23:24:10","slug":"heres-how-you-can-meet-a-giant-elephant-in-york-yorkmix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593364\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how you can meet a giant elephant in York | YorkMix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">A giant elephant is coming to York city centre.<\/p>\n<p>York Bid is inviting families to enjoy an exciting free city-centre experience \u2013 as a life-sized animatronic elephant can be seen roaming the city on Saturday 6 June.<\/p>\n<p>Towering over crowds at two metres tall, Jumbo the Elephant will explore the area around St Martin\u2019s Clock on Coney Street. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ELEPHANT-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564241\"  \/>Jumbo the Elephant<\/p>\n<p>With lifelike elephant sounds, playful interactions, and realistic movements, Jumbo the Elephant will bring a little bit of jungle magic to York.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Alsop, operations manager at York BID, said: \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to bring Jumbo the Elephant to Coney Street this June. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our eleventh Family Friendly Saturday, and we\u2019re incredibly proud to have welcomed thousands of families into the city centre through these playful, memorable experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Family Friendly Saturdays are part of York Bid\u2019s commitment to create welcoming experiences in the city centre for residents and visitors, and form a key part of this programme, transforming public spaces with large-scale installations and performances.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss the chance to meet Jumbo the Elephant this June!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A giant elephant is coming to York city centre. York Bid is inviting families to enjoy an exciting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-593364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}