Benacre is a National Nature Reserve in Suffolk of 3.7 km². It is one of eight National Nature Reserves in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.
Kessingland Country Park and Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes are among the nature reserves within 5.6 km. Oulton Broad South Station is about 7.9 km away to the north.