Liff and Benvie is a small parish, which lies in Angus Council Area, some 5 miles (8 km) west of Dundee in Dundee City and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Newport-on-Tay in Fife.
It is located in the old county of Forfarshire, which disappeared following the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1974.
The parish has an area of 12.8 sq. km (4.9 sq. miles). Liff and Benvie has 5 neighbouring parishes; namely Auchterhouse, Dundee, Fowlis Easter, Longforgan and Mains & Strathmartine. The boundaries of this parish were modified among significant changes recommended by the Boundary Commissioners after the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and again by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894.