[1][2] Upper Hill is located 4 kilometres (2 mi) by road west of the central business district of Nairobi.

Upper Hill lies in two major Nairobi City sub-counties; Kibra and Westlands.

Upper Hill was historically one of the residential neighbourhoods of the city of Nairobi, during colonial times, and stretched all the way to the Kilimani estate.

The 280 hectares (700 acres) that comprise part of Upper Hill were majorly owned by Kenya Railways.

[4] During the 1990s and early 2000s, as land and office space became scarce and exorbitantly priced in the central business district, businesses relocated to Upper Hill and Westlands, where land and office space were more readily available and less expensive.