the county border leaves the river on the west side of market harborough, as the town is wholly in leicestershire, and picks it up again on the east side. the river jordan joins the welland in the centre of market harborough, flowing northwards to the railway station. langton brook and stonton brook join from the west near welham. the county border meanders from side to side across relatively straight sections of the river, suggesting that the channel has been engineered. a three-arched bridge, built in 1881 of fine ashlar masonry, with a causeway to the south, carries the welham to weston by welland road over the river, while a four-arched bridge dating from the early nineteenth century carries the ashley to medbourne road. macmillan way, a long distance footpath, crosses on its way from abbotsbury in dorset to boston, lincolnshire. medbourne brook joins from the north, after which the river approaches a dismantled railway and is joined by the stoke albany brook, approaching from the south. the river remains on the south side of the railway, while the county border follows a meandering course to the north of it, but rejoins the river near the bringhurst to cottingham road. the bridge over the river is plain, but to the north of it is an eighteenth-century causeway, some long, which is made of stone and pierced by seven large arches and numerous smaller arches for drainage pipes. the causeway has two large semi-circular passing places on its western side.