A wharf is a fixed platform where ships are loaded and unloaded. Wharf or Wharfe may also refer to: Places The Wharf (Washington, D.C.), a multi-use development in southwest Washington, D.C. Wharfe, North Yorkshire, a village in England River Wharfe, in Yorkshire, England Other Alex Wharf (born 1975), English cricketer The Wharf (Holdings), Hong Kong company The Wharf (newspaper), produced at Canary Wharf, London See also Wharf Theatre (disambiguation) Warf (disambiguation) Warth (disambiguation) Worf (disambiguation) Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist