A European settler, Thomas Wilkinson, is generally accepted as giving the area its name because of his association with Notting Hill in London.

[3] Ferntree Gully Road was the main thoroughfare between Mulgrave Shire and Oakleigh, and at the beginning of the 20th century there were a large number of farms at Notting Hill.

The Community funded Westerfield Kindergarten was built from a plan created by Bob Fuller, an architect who lived in Risdon Drive with his family.

[4][5] Much of Notting Hill is occupied by industrial premises, a large drive-in hardware superstore and the Monash Business Park.

Residents have been brought together as a community by their collective opposition to the closure of all of the educational facilities in and around the estate: the Rusden campus in 2002, followed by the kindergarten in 2004, and then both state schools in 2005 and 2006.

Residents formed the Notting Hill Community Association to fight the closures of these institutions and the ugly developments proposed to replace them.

Monash City Council has responded to the Association's concerns for loss of local facilities by refurbishing the kindergarten site for use by the community.

The Notting Hill Neighbourhood House was opened by the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser, on Saturday 28 July 2007.